Institutions- BUENA VISTA INTERNATIONAL
SPYGLASS ENTERTAINMENT
UNIVERSAL STUDIOS
Shandy Acres/Pit Bull Production
The film begins by fading in from a black screen, this relates to the black background which is then used. The institutions names are written in a bright white over it and connote a computer screen or a notebook. This relates to a workplace or office. To keep this theme the words are wrote in Times New Roman and are placed in the centre of the screen, this also creates a formal side for the film. The way the words fade in and out may reflect on the memory of the character within the film. However a forward slash is used to make the audience question the tone in which they are about to be addressed. The voice over, which is non-diagetic, then answers this as you hear two people questioning about whether or not they need to wear a hair net. This creates a child like feel for the audience and sets the comical side to the genre. Added to this the people are talking about the worlds largest cookie so imagery is used to create humour. As a black screen is used the audience may feel as if something is being kept secret and so will watch to find out more. Questions will also arise in there head to who the people are and why they are talking about a cookie. The voice over also leads a little into the characters personalities, for example one of the people being self-conscience and not wanting to wear a hair net. It also creates the setting and gives hints that they are in a bakery. There is also non-diagetic music playing over the first scene. I believed this sounding almost like whistling showing a laid-back side to the film. It also could sound quite inspirational and at times, when an instrument is playing monophonically quite peaceful.
The film then fades into a mid/long-shot of cookies in a bakery, however there is shallow focus used on some of the cookies. This iconography allows the audience to connect to what has just been said. The music gets quicker when you see the actor who comes into view from the bottom of the camera, this showing a fun side to his character as he enters the film from an unusual angle. The camera tilts up slightly and there is then a mid-shot of his face. He is wearing a hair net which allows the audience to relate to the voice-over. Added to this the image sets the genre as he uses the prop to make him comical. At this point the words ‘Jim CARREY’ fade into the bottom centre of the screen, the way the change from capitals to lowercase and the way the name fades in and out makes the audience think his character may be indecisive. The actor, still in the mid-shot looks up to the sky, at this point the music slows down and sounds almost religious and choir style. The way he says ‘why do you hate me?’ means the audience can understand he has bad luck from the very first second. Added to this the audience may be able to relate to having bad luck and therefore connect with the character.
There is then a wide-shot if the whole bakery; this is also an establishing-shot as it helps the audience understand each characters role. You see the camera man; the woman reporter and the sound man all wearing black on the right. You then see the main actor ‘Bruce’ in the centre of the scene, he is wearing blue. The cook is stood behind the shelves wearing a white hat and apron; he is stood on the right. The colours each character wears fade into each other as they get lighter to one side, this could show the class of the characters, the status of the characters or it could show how the plot may change and ‘Bruce’ may become white (good) or black (bad) dependant on what he decides. This could also represent later in the story his choice between becoming god and heaven and hell. Added to this you can see a sign on the wall which says ’30 year anniversary’, this allowing the audience to understand a bit more why they are filming the bakery. There are two lights shining either side of the sign which connote happiness for the bakery.
This cuts to a wide and long-shot of the bakers and reporter, the microphone in which ‘Bruce’ is holding says number 7 questions arise in the audience to whether this is an important channel and whether he is wealthy. The camera then zooms into a mid-shot as you see the man behind him picking his nose. This stays with the comedy genre but goes for a more disgusting way of doing it to allow comedy for all the audience. The audience are placed in the point of view of the person recording the news report; this is done through a hand-held camera being used. There is then a mid-shot of the woman and man who films reactions to the man picking his nose, this shows that their views are important to and that they may have something to so with the story. The camera then cuts back to a mid-shot and as ‘Bruce’ leans into the camera it zooms out. This allows the audience to feel as if they are moving and are part of the action. The way mid-shots are used as the camera zooms in and out creates repetitiveness and this shows that maybe they have filmed stories like this before. There is then another mid-shot, keeping the repetitiveness, however it is of the two people filming and it shows that they are important in the process behind the scenes. Added to this the way the shots are quick shows the frustration of the character, this is until he walks past the camera sighing. The camera pans him for a second as he walks past the camera.
The camera then flicks back to using a mid-shot to show that things are back to normal, it also pans slightly to the left as the reporter asks his questions. There is then a short fade in and fade out as they decided to take the shot again. There is a non-diagetic sound of a beep and there is a new take in which the camera is slightly to the right than before, again we are in the point of view of the person who is filming the report. ‘Bruce’ walks past the camera one last time but slightly closer to show that he has lost all interest. Finally a wide and long-shot is used of a cookie being brought onto the screen, there are lots of people crowding and the comical side of the genre is shown yet again.
SPYGLASS ENTERTAINMENT
UNIVERSAL STUDIOS
Shandy Acres/Pit Bull Production
The film begins by fading in from a black screen, this relates to the black background which is then used. The institutions names are written in a bright white over it and connote a computer screen or a notebook. This relates to a workplace or office. To keep this theme the words are wrote in Times New Roman and are placed in the centre of the screen, this also creates a formal side for the film. The way the words fade in and out may reflect on the memory of the character within the film. However a forward slash is used to make the audience question the tone in which they are about to be addressed. The voice over, which is non-diagetic, then answers this as you hear two people questioning about whether or not they need to wear a hair net. This creates a child like feel for the audience and sets the comical side to the genre. Added to this the people are talking about the worlds largest cookie so imagery is used to create humour. As a black screen is used the audience may feel as if something is being kept secret and so will watch to find out more. Questions will also arise in there head to who the people are and why they are talking about a cookie. The voice over also leads a little into the characters personalities, for example one of the people being self-conscience and not wanting to wear a hair net. It also creates the setting and gives hints that they are in a bakery. There is also non-diagetic music playing over the first scene. I believed this sounding almost like whistling showing a laid-back side to the film. It also could sound quite inspirational and at times, when an instrument is playing monophonically quite peaceful.
The film then fades into a mid/long-shot of cookies in a bakery, however there is shallow focus used on some of the cookies. This iconography allows the audience to connect to what has just been said. The music gets quicker when you see the actor who comes into view from the bottom of the camera, this showing a fun side to his character as he enters the film from an unusual angle. The camera tilts up slightly and there is then a mid-shot of his face. He is wearing a hair net which allows the audience to relate to the voice-over. Added to this the image sets the genre as he uses the prop to make him comical. At this point the words ‘Jim CARREY’ fade into the bottom centre of the screen, the way the change from capitals to lowercase and the way the name fades in and out makes the audience think his character may be indecisive. The actor, still in the mid-shot looks up to the sky, at this point the music slows down and sounds almost religious and choir style. The way he says ‘why do you hate me?’ means the audience can understand he has bad luck from the very first second. Added to this the audience may be able to relate to having bad luck and therefore connect with the character.
There is then a wide-shot if the whole bakery; this is also an establishing-shot as it helps the audience understand each characters role. You see the camera man; the woman reporter and the sound man all wearing black on the right. You then see the main actor ‘Bruce’ in the centre of the scene, he is wearing blue. The cook is stood behind the shelves wearing a white hat and apron; he is stood on the right. The colours each character wears fade into each other as they get lighter to one side, this could show the class of the characters, the status of the characters or it could show how the plot may change and ‘Bruce’ may become white (good) or black (bad) dependant on what he decides. This could also represent later in the story his choice between becoming god and heaven and hell. Added to this you can see a sign on the wall which says ’30 year anniversary’, this allowing the audience to understand a bit more why they are filming the bakery. There are two lights shining either side of the sign which connote happiness for the bakery.
This cuts to a wide and long-shot of the bakers and reporter, the microphone in which ‘Bruce’ is holding says number 7 questions arise in the audience to whether this is an important channel and whether he is wealthy. The camera then zooms into a mid-shot as you see the man behind him picking his nose. This stays with the comedy genre but goes for a more disgusting way of doing it to allow comedy for all the audience. The audience are placed in the point of view of the person recording the news report; this is done through a hand-held camera being used. There is then a mid-shot of the woman and man who films reactions to the man picking his nose, this shows that their views are important to and that they may have something to so with the story. The camera then cuts back to a mid-shot and as ‘Bruce’ leans into the camera it zooms out. This allows the audience to feel as if they are moving and are part of the action. The way mid-shots are used as the camera zooms in and out creates repetitiveness and this shows that maybe they have filmed stories like this before. There is then another mid-shot, keeping the repetitiveness, however it is of the two people filming and it shows that they are important in the process behind the scenes. Added to this the way the shots are quick shows the frustration of the character, this is until he walks past the camera sighing. The camera pans him for a second as he walks past the camera.
The camera then flicks back to using a mid-shot to show that things are back to normal, it also pans slightly to the left as the reporter asks his questions. There is then a short fade in and fade out as they decided to take the shot again. There is a non-diagetic sound of a beep and there is a new take in which the camera is slightly to the right than before, again we are in the point of view of the person who is filming the report. ‘Bruce’ walks past the camera one last time but slightly closer to show that he has lost all interest. Finally a wide and long-shot is used of a cookie being brought onto the screen, there are lots of people crowding and the comical side of the genre is shown yet again.
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