Harry Potter Opening

This short clip is taken from the opening sequence of Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix. The clip originally has music added to the video  except we used a blank version of the clip with only some narrative. The reasons for this is it allowed me to add and create my own music which I had made using GarageBand. To do so I imported the clip into GarageBand and looked over the clip and looked out what type of music and sounds would suit best to the theme of the sequence. As the opening was mostly very dark and gloomy scenes I chose to use Diegetic music otherwise it would appear comical if i was to use very upbeat music which would be non-Diegetic which is not what I wanted. Parts of the clip had characters appearing very suddenly which could seem quite scary and jumpy but without the music it did not hold this affect. Therefore in these parts of the clip and inserted loud and thumping music to emphasize the affect. 

This task was very useful as it allowed me to practice for when myself and my groups opening sequence had been filmed and edited in which I could import my opening sequence and create music to add to the 2 minute clip.

The Shining Opening Sequence

This opening sequence is taken from the film The Shining which is a very famous horror movie which was made in 1980, which now means it is over 30 years old. The movie still it achieves it main aim which is to frighten people by using it's horror codes and conventions. In the opening sequence all we see is an aerial shot of a car driving across a mountainous area which appears to be quite a picturesque area. Yet the music used is very creepy and echoey creating a scary feeling to the whole opening sequence which is strange due to the beautiful scenery shown.
Also the area in the scene is very deserted which adds to the affect of being very eerie as this is a typical convention in a horror movie for someone to be alone and scared.

Lord of War Opening Sequence

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This opening sequence is taken from the film Lord of War which is about a man who sells and supplies guns and ammunition to people mainly in Africa. The opening is shot as a first person perspective but in fact it is taken from a bulletes perspective during it process of being manufactured and this opening is commonly know as "the life of a bullet". The music in this sequence is a non-diagetic sound as it shows hundreds of bullets being manufactured and then put into guns and fired which is a serious issue and appears to be quite gruesome in the end of the sequence whereas the song is quite upbeat and peaceful. Yet if you focus on the lyrics they tell a story about a man with a gun and it involves kids in which matches exactly to this opening so the sound of the music seems to be non-diagetic whereas the lyrics match the situation in the sequence.

The Dark Knight Opening Sequence

This opening sequence is taken from the last Batman movie released The Dark Knight. The opening is a cliche action movie scene which involves a bank robbery with a large group of men. During the heist someone tries to defend the bank which is being robbed and he represents the hero in the film and this is a convention of action movies. In the sequence there are characters who have masks on and these are usual mise-en-scene from a horror film to appear to be scary. Yet this is an action film but they use these masks as robbers often use them but also to give a frightening look to them to emphasise their scary and cruel behaviour.