The film I will be analysing first is called 'A Kid Called Danger' which is an thrilling, drama-packed flick which is about a young boy eager to follow in the footsteps of his father and be a police officer, and when an unsolvable case is discovered he takes matters into his own hands. The opening sequence of this film is a police chase of an escaped prison inmate making a break for the waterfall.
The scene begins in a quick-paced car chase through the woods and the audience can easily establish that it is a prison escape from the inmates clothing and also from the police officers shouting 'pull over,' to the car in front while the police sirens blare. We also understand quite early on that the man fleeing in the car is quite smart and wise because obviously he has escaped from the prison grounds which is by no means easy and has managed to get himself a fast getaway vehicle to lose the cops. The idea about him being clever links to the clip where we see him pretending to be dead as he floats down the river in order to make the police stop chasing him. The character is represented in this way to show that he is significant to the story and he isn't just any old prison escapist- he is smart, sly and has tactics to carry out vital heists such as the prison escape.
Throughout this scene there are several close-up shots used, the effect of this is that it allows us to see the characters facial expression and see how they're acting and feeling. The director also uses panning shots in this scene to follow the movements of the escaping prison inmate, they show a quick tempo which builds tension and makes the audience believe that something big will happen at the end of this scene... Which of course it does. When the prisoner threatens to jump of the cliff into the water below, a low angle shot is used to show dominance and power. The director wants to get across that the prisoner is in control of the policeman because like he said, if he came any closer he would jump and hats just what happened.
The costume in this scene is fairly basic; the escapist is wearing a typical prison uniform to show the audience immediately what is happening, the other characters are in police uniform which further develops the audiences understanding of what is happening in this opening scene. There aren't many props being used in this clip, other than the police radio which one of the officers talks into when the prisoner begins to get away on foot. When filming the police escape for my film opening sequence I will be using similar sort of costume and props. I will be using the police fancy dress costume to imitate an officer.
In this opening scene digetic and non-digetic sound is used to build tension and create suspense. Firstly, the police sirens straight away instigate that a crime is being committed which of course we know is a key convention of a thriller film. Also, speech is used to show the characters emotions his tone of voice is quite aggressive. The soundtrack starts off quite slow but as the action rises the tempo begins to get faster which causes the audience to feel as though there is a build up to a big event.
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