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Edward Scissorhand (1990) Film opening review

This video is of the opening scenes to the 1990 film Edward Scissorhands all of titles are in a strange gothic font. Which looks very sharp and mysterious The only title that is different is title 4 This is the main title which is Edward Scissorhands, it appears on the screen with a fast swooping action and then exits as if it is being torn apart or opend like a pair of scissors. Each of the titles gives us different information such as:

the cast

music by Danny Elfman

Casting by

costume designer

special make-up and Scissorhands 

edited by

production designer

Director of photography

executive producer 

story by Tim Burton 

 screenplay

produced by 

and as always the director last

The color of the titles are white which stands out against the dark blue and black background which could be sign of the film also being dark, gloomy and mysterious. This draws attention to it.

The role of the BBFC

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Evaluation of seven film opening

In the first 3 minutes of the film Seven, it is made clear the genre of the film is thriller. This is because of the jumpy sketchy titles and how they quickly appear then disappear. We can also tell this through the use of the metrodome and then the music. This is because the metrodome causes tension and curiosity as it the the primary noise we hear then how it changes to the morbid eerie music that begins to play as the scene changes which also indicates it as a thriller as the scene is of graphic photos and its dull morbid colors  The first scene hooks the viewer as the fast paced shots cause a lot of suspense. It causes a lot of questions such as 'who's making the book?' 'why is he making it?' 'did he kill those people?' this makes the viewer continue watching it to find this information out. The scene with Morgan freeman sitting in bed also helps to hook the viewer into watching the rest as it raises some interesting questions. Through this we can tell he will be a key character in the film but does not tell us his name or anything about him the only thing we know is he is in a modern american city due the traffic noise and the style of room he is in however we do not have a clear view of where the other person is situated.

Preliminary Exercise (Finished Piece)

Our preliminary exercise didn't exactly go smoothly. Firstly we could not agree on an opening shot but we eventually decided how to approach it and how we wanted it to go. I did make a little error that none of us noticed until the editing stage but it is only minor.I enjoyed using the editing software the school has to offer but I was more than disappointed with the quality of camera provided.