New film coventions
i had to do a secondary research on similar genre films to my film because i had to have a clue how the language is used diferent kinds of camera angles,backgrounds
Love And Basketball
The openning scene is very welcoming because they use a very old classical jazzy type song to set the mood and also a very longshot of two men taking a couch from a van, then there is a slow transition to a house, then another slow transition to the back garden of the house where some kids are playing basketball, then a very quick transition to one of the kids playing basketball face and also the music at the background slowly fades away. the language used is quite aggressive as the kids are arguing about who is a better player, then again there is a long shot of all the characters in the scene which i think shows the audience off their surrounding as in where the scene is located at the music snaps back into the scene as soon as they begin to play basketball. the music used is "Micheal Jackson ABC" I think the tempo of the music fits perfectly to the tempo of the match they are playing.
Like Mike
There is a close up camera shot at the first scene and quick transition to introduce the main characters in film. There is a hipop music at the background as the main character plays basketball. The opening scene is in the day which i think is a significant thing to think of the times the film is shot because film a little kids in the park at night doesn't really relate to the type of film it is. There is drumming at the background as the camera changes to the basketball hoop, the director uses excellent background noise to make the audience notice they are not the only kids in the park playing basketball as it will not look that real if they are the only children in the park. the director uses many different varieties of camera angle shots to catch the audiences attention such as medium close up, close up, low angle shot as the main character shoots the ball, the language used is very formal and well presented as they are kids in the park enjoying each others company
Old genre of my first conventions
The opening scene is very dark giving a lot of scary atmosphere ,theres alot of high speed music building up tension, there are very quick camera transitions , alot of anger in conversation and arguing, theres a picture of the dark sky,hinting something bad is about to hapen, the opening scene is aslo very brutal,agressive,different camera angle shot,violence going on in a rave(people dying while some are dancing,lots of drums as people getting hit by a baseball bat straight away a large group of people fighting against each other.
2. The Godfather
There is a slow song at the begining then a man suddenly appears in the dark room sitting talking to the Godfather, Then i saw other man in the dark but only his face was shown. There is an overshoulder shot from the Godfather shoulder to the person he is having the conversaion with, the conversation i very smooth giving a sense of calmness . The darkness lighten up and we see there is more than a couple in the room. Slow movement of the Godfather not showing alot of aggresstion and all his body guard wearing suits and the God father him self to.
3. American gangster
The openong scene starts of with a nice blue sky, quick transition from the sky to the ocean,slow music very dancable (alsa type), people are taking drugs in a warehouse. there is alot of shooting (loud) and blasting (cars blowing up) picture of the gangster name at the bottom frank lucas
