The opening sequence of Lord of War analyzes the journey of a bullet from a dark factory to a shipping dock. Camera shots follow the bullet in first person as it rolls and is picked up. Shaky camera movement adds realism as the bullet is moved. Lighting shows the bullet traveling around the world, from dark to light locations. Calm, relaxed music plays despite images of bullets, in contrast to the expected tone. Smooth transitions represent the comfortable transportation process.

1. Opening sequence analysis

2. The Texas Chainsaw Massacre
Genre: Horror
Target audience: is 15 and over because it contains
high level of violence, strong brutal images,
Miss- en- scene and Convention:
Background looked rough and dirty. it had images of
smokes which suggests thoughts of danger and fire
which are aging of conventions of a horror film
because these are the things which people are
afraid of, also fire is something which the audience
can imagine and know fire and smoke is bad

3. Fonts/Title: The titles are written in a typewriter font.
Whilst the titles are shown images of a flawed child, dead
animals, and a child killing animals are shown.
camera movement:
• Panning shot
• Some are handheld shot –
which creates tension and fear.

4. Camera Shots:
extreme close up was used to show detail and
importance of it.
Close-up throughout the sequences close up was use to portray
facial expression and to introduce the character and the audience
can get a sense of the character personality also the pace when
zooming suggest that something is going to happen at that moment
It makes the audience feel mysterious
and curious what the images are

5. Editing: Jump shots – Black screen to body
Sounds: non digetic: there was fast zooming which loud the non
digetic sounds bring a moment to where the audience may get
scared and jump.

6. Denotations: scared man in the dark
Connotation: darkness which suggest danger and evil (scared
man)

7. Gattaca
Target audience: possible for parents
Genre: science fiction film
Convention : it meets the convention
because it uses special effects, using
supernatural images

8. Title/Fonts: Fonts were blurry and small this create suspense and
was unrealistic. The small writing, you would need a magnifying
glass to see it which enhances the idea of a science fiction movie
The use the word GATTACA which is a DNA strand using for
single letter ACTG.
Its a connotation of the science fictions drama and also it creates
realism.

9. Sound: when the man was shaving and grooming himself it
created realism. it created a vivid image to the audience of
what he might be doing.
non- digetic. we can hear this when he was clipping his nail
and hair trimming. Also the background sound was a classical
sounding, which creates confusion because in a lab you
never know what kind of reaction you get when things are
combined together.

10. Camera shots: Closed up were used and was
focus on the hair, finger, blood, eyelashes. It suggest
that the he is not yet presented to us and its a mystery
to find out.
Camera movement: There was a lot of
movement when the title was showing. It kept
zooming out the word which made it
dramatic.

11. Transition: used are overlapping
Editing/ pace: the whole production was
very slow which suggest that in a lab you
take your time.

12. Seven
Genre: Thriller
Target Audience: 18 and over
Font: The credits names has been scratched. It
could suggest that the dark part of the person and
his obsession . Also there were contrast of upper
and lower case. The fonts also were very jumpy
and flashy/abnormal.

13. Lighting: In some places the light appears quite dim, for
example when he is looking at the murder scene. This is
classic in a thriller film to have dark lighting to build tension
and draw the audience in.
Special Effects:
Scratchy font to engage audience with titles being more effective. The bullet noises, slow motion an
the fact that every bullet was magnified.

14. Editing: The shots are quick cut, adding tension to the film. Although the
shots are quick, they are also smooth, so the story can begin to build.
The colour used connotes a lack of feeling, flashes of red paper
which intermittently, connoting violence. These connation
suggest a dark subject matter .
Music: is rough and reflect the overall disturbing tone of the film

15. Camera Shot: close-up was used a lot in the
opening sequences to get us to know that these
objects are the main part of the sequences to solving the
murder
The sounds and noises heard in the opening scene are noises which you
would link with Machinery in a factory or a warehouse. The director would
have chosen to do use theses sounds because it gives the idea that this character
could be planning to do something dangerous or is committing crimes. The
sounds in the opening sequence are an example of non-digetic sounds. The
sounds in the opening sequence are also quite screechy and creepy to create the
sense of someone suffering.

16. Camera angles: The very first shot is a mid-shot
which shows a man from behind.

17. Genre: Drama Film
Target Audience: 16 +
Lord of War is a film aimed at mainly Male
from around the age of 16+ and are middle
working class males.

18. Title/Font The title 'LORD of WAR' comes on the screen, directly
confirming to the audience that this is actually about
war, and not just a common relation with the term 'war'.
The size of the text is over shadowed by the presence of
the bullet, towering over the letters, stating authority.
The font isn't fancy. It doesn't need to be, the words that
it says is just enough. It has no point to prove, and no
means to over complicate the mise-en-scene of the shot.

19. Camera Angle: The first scene starts with a crane shot coming
down overlooking a factory.
camera shots are used when the bullet is dropped and begins to roll. The
camera remains in a 1st person shot spinning around and around until it is picked up
just before falling over the edge of a dock. When it is picked up a finger and thumb
appear each side of the camera making it very realistic as if the camera is really a
bullet being picked up
Camera movement: camera was shaking which made it realistic when the
person was moving the bullet to the truck.

20. The lighting shows how far around the world this bullet has
Lighting: travelled. From a dark factory to a pale shipping dock .
It then becomes dark to show how the bullet is still in the womb of its
process as it gradually gets lighter as it is shipped about until finally
the bullet is taken out of its box and spilled onto the floor.

21. calm and relaxed and not at all the sort of song you would
Sound: expect to be played when corresponded with images of
bullets, guns and death. However the pace of the song
matches the flow of the course the bullet is taking.
Transition: smooth as the flow from scene to scene. This
could represent that the bullet are transported with
comfort and the process is very straightforward,