Anaylsing Stormbreaker.

Stormbreaker.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2-KzNp6k5EM

- we only looked at the first 3 mintutes of it.

For our Children's film opening project, we are going to create our own children's film which will be a children's action film. we had a look at the opening to Stormbreaker which is a suitable example for the genre we are looking for and trying to re-create.

Briarly looked in more detail of the camera angles and movements of Stormbreaker at the opening:

At the beginning of Stormbreaker, it uses a pan shot which goes from left to right across the classroom they are in. This shows us the setting of where they are and the atmosphere that comes across from the very beginning. This is a useful way of starting a film because it starts off calm and sets the scene as you can tell by the slightly relaxed vibe it is soon going to become more upbeat.
There is a shot reverse shot used whilst two people are talking as it is a straight-forward way of showing two people having a conversation and the audience stay engaged with what the characters are saying because of the quick camera movements. The use of shot reverse shot in this film is to get information needed for the story line to work quickly so the film can focus on the action. Through the whole opening there isn't much dialogue because it jumps almost immediately into action apart from when the beginning is telling the audience the background story. this would be a good idea in our children's film as compacting the storyline shorter will make the opening less boring so there is no time wasted for the action which is more entertaining.
Tracking shot are used to follow peoples actions and allows the audience to follow the character. It indicates in this film what sort of body language the character is doing which therefore allows the audience to understand the mood in the film and how the character is feeling. Tracking shots would be useful in our opening sequence because they are a good way of seeing how characters are acting and approaching people/objects.
over-the-shoulder shot has been used in Stormbreaker to see the action in a way of seeing it in the characters point of view. this could be used in our sequence to show what the character is looking at and let the audience understand the situation.