Max Payne Title Sequence Timeline

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Here are some images of the special effects used to give aa idea of what the video is like if it's inaccessible.

        From this video I can tell that the first name that is shown is the Director, in this case John Moore and it then follows with Screenplay, Producers, Director Of Photography, Costume Designer ect. The name of the film "Max Payne" doesn't appear until quite late into the title sequence which is surprising to me as i would have thought it would be at the start, or right at the end, not somewhere between. It then goes on to give names of more important cast members until it gets to the company that made the film "Twentieth Century Fox" which is quite close to the end of the sequence which again surprised me. Finally we reach the cast that are the inferior roles and they are placed at the end and don't have any special effects following them on-screen. Plus the special effects and the design for the credits link in very well with the brutality of the film and keep the theme running even to the end.

Thriller Genre Conventions

Godzilla Opening Sequence

Chosen Film: Godzilla (2014)



Titles
The titles are all set to look quite old and they erase sections to show only the names. this gives the affect of something like an old newspaper in how someone might erase the irrelevant information, this links in perfectly with the background clips being shown during the clip.

Soundtrack
The soundtrack is very deep and contains some heavy bass with a general beat of blasts of deep beats which are then emphasised with the overlaying
g trumpets. Plus the violins add a fast pace to the music in with all of the other instruments to make it sound quite daunting and evil.

Mis-En-Scene
The clips being shown as the titles pop up are all very old-fashion based even though this is a new film. They keep the same effect that the old film had by using clips of the same quality as if to make the opening scene feel more realistic, as if it had been a real event that took place decades ago.

Camera
The camera doesn't appear to play a significant role in this sequence as you pay more attention to the clips being shown. However, the camera does do a lot of zooming in and out on objects and panning when it displays the newspapers. Plus the clip has clearly been edited to shown all of the different short clips in one scene, it has also been used to change the look of the sequence to make it appear old-fashioned. Additionally the nuclear explosion was edited into the scene to have a greater effect.

                                                      Genre

Godzilla is a sci-fi/action film (although I haven't seen the new film) but the fact that it contains an alien type of monster I think would place it in the sci-fi or maybe fantasy category with the obvious addition of action as the humans attack the poor creature.

Introduction

What Is Media Studies For?

              In my opinion, media studies almost explains itself in what it's for; the studying of different types of media around us, how they work and how they can be used (for a variety of things). Media studies, as a topic, is growing more and more relevant to us due to the increase in forms of media through technological advancements. I believe that from this, it is growing ever more important to know just exactly what is going on around you. Media is everywhere and media studies is here to help us understand purpose of it, how to interpret it and how to use it.

My Favourite Film

           I have seen far too many films to be able to specifically pick my "favourite" film. However the one film that I think i've enjoyed the most and also returned to fairly frequently, is the one and only, "You Don't Mess With The Zohan" additionally, this contains my 4th favourite actor, Adam Sandler, my first being Robert Downey Jr, second is Brad Pitt and third is Chris Pratt. But Adam Sandler is still brilliant in this film. However, my favourite genre of film would be mainly sci-fi/fantasy but comedies are still very enjoyable. The reason I enjoy sci-fi/fantasy films is because I simply like fantasy type stuff. Plus science has always been a huge interest of mine which is exactly what sci-fi orients around which is also probably a contributing factor as to why I enjoy them so much.