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8/14/2019 research into similar products, opening 5 mins of PHONEBOOTH ANALYTICAL RESPONSE
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PHONE BOOTH…PHONE BOOTH…
(THE OPENING
(THE OPENING
SEQUENCE!)SEQUENCE!)
By AARON, KARIM,
and MUHAMMED
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The non diegetic music and gospel singing at the beginning brings us into
the film it fits well with the clouds but also sounds a little eerie and we
are not given any real leads as to why we are in the sky and hearing
the music… it begging's “operator…” the non- diegetic the sound of
the surroundings as the CGI sequence takes us through clouds have
been enhanced to give a colder and more intense feel.
What we see on the screen starts of fairly bright moving through greyclouds, but we are fast to be plunged into the dark black vast
unknowns of space. this leaves us isolated and alone only left with the
gospel singing “give me…. Information”. We are left to think of what
importance could this non diegetic sound be to the film itself, the
audience is purposely left with minimal information, until the story
unveils itself. This creates great suspense and tension… reluctant in
the genre of thrillers.
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We are shown a master shot here of earth making the characters of thefilm appear small and insignificantin relation to their home/surroundings, and whoever or what ever may be looking at them.
As the sate little is used in manycommunications such as themobile phone, it could suggest theentire planets vulnerability to thepower of telecommunication or inthis case, just the phone.
Satellite with the reflection of the planet
Earth, makes a diegetic sounds as it
swoosh’s past us and takes our
attention onto its self, insisting upon
the importance of communication and
information as well as its significance
to the rest of the film. It may intend tomake an ACTIVE audience feel as if
the planet is vulnerable to this satellite
and what it symbolises.
communication. However for the less
demanding viewer it may just be
perceived as minimal information, as if
its purpose were to make us think of
why this has been shown. Thuscreating further suspense.
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Nearly everyone on the screen is using mobiles in the
centre of the mid shot is a man on a phone. Not only is this
very suggestive about cellular devices, but also the mid-
shot allows for good viewing of the surroundings and the
area in which the film is set. It could also show our
vulnerability towards the mobile phone, and this could be
shown throughout the film.
Mise-en-scene… the non-diegetic sound (music)
changes to diegetic sound here as we are
introduced to the singers in the street singing they
immediately fit the music and link outer space part
of the opening with what is happening on the
ground. Also in this clip we are shown different
races as well as social classes, the black man in
the shown by the red arrow and the man in thecentre of the picture in the shirt and tie, it is clear
to the audience that the two are of different
ethnicities, and their clothing suggests a contrast
in class. I believe the two different classes have
been positioned in this shot to show that the
superiority of telecommunication stretches further
than just one race or class, that it is superior over
all.
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Here is an establishing shot of New York and was probably shot using a crane shot
where the camera is mounted on the end of a crane. This shot is used to set the
scene within New York where the story will take place, the effect of this I believe is
to show the town’s busyness, we see very clearly on both sides of the street many
buildings showing advertisements and technology, I believe the purpose of this is to
show the people of New York as inferior to these aspects of society, something
which is shown throughout the course of the film.
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Close ups are used frequently to
suggest significance to key
aspects such as money, games,
and telecommunications
especially, as a group we believe
the point if picked up by an activeaudience would be to make that
audience notice the amount of
telecommunication going on as
well as the amount of mobile
phones shown in the montage,
and ask why the use of them is
relevant, perhaps to the title of
the film, or to the story itself
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Here the editorial use of jump cuts shows these two people playing around ‘dancing’ and
also switching places but not permanently this may in some bring up feeling towardroles, the two men dancing in the street are putting on a “show” or “performance”usually in this kind of scenario the two people try to better each other for entertainment, a sense of self respect, and to teach others at the same timesomething which is similar to the battle between the protagonist and the antagonistthroughout the storyline, perhaps this is purposely referring to the events that willoccur within the film.
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The close up shot of the gun print on the t-shirt suggests a threatening,aggressive and violent feel to theopening even though it is subtle itcreates a sense of danger. This likethe use of telecommunication and
props such as phones, could also be areference to what happens within thefilm throughout “duck” could havereferences to the story as well as thegun as ducking is an action carried outwhen in danger, and the maincharacter “Stu” (Stuart) experiences
this nearly throughout the entire film .
Sound and visual editing are put togreat use in this scene where signaland interference sounds ensue ,andthe man with the basket ball’smovement is speed up considerably as
though he were being “controlled”. Indoing this his facial expressions alsochange frantically hinting at emotionaltendencies and abnormality as hisexpressions are quite odd…
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Mise-en-scene in here shows us a women talking on a pinkphone and wearing glasses that have a heart on them.This is very feminine and could be a subconscious hinttoward relations in due course of the film.
Depth of field is used a lot in the opening sequence. Thiscould suggest being watched and create feeling thatwe are not getting the full picture and are oftenunaware of are surroundings something which isreferred to within the battle between the protagonistand the antagonist later on within the film as theprotagonist “Stu” and the other characters such as the
police unaware of the killer throughout the entire film.
In the centre of the shot once the focus has narrowed downinto the background we can make out two policemenone of which is evidently as u can see in the shot onhis cell phone… they are not in the shot by chance.
And may have been placed to give some sense of authority to the opening and maintain a sense of order but as we see they are over whelmed by passers bywho block us from seeing them in full view/clearly thiscould state that police are held by a barrier which is of great importance later in the film.