At the begining of the film, some writing comes up and it reads:
"This is based on a true story.
The events depicted in this film took place in Minnesota in 1987.
At the request of the survivors, the names have been changed.
Out of respect for the dead, the rest has been told exactly as it occured."
This makes you want to watch the film more, like a sense of intrigue. The music creates a sense of sadness because it is slow, some instruments used include a harp or violen. They keep the writing on screen for about 40 seconds to let the viewers read it, it then cuts onto a light blue screen and it tells you some of the production companies, directors and actors, this may also want you to keep watching because you like some of the actors/actresses in the film or you like the director.
The music starts getting a bit more louder and there is use of drums to create suspension, then a car appears from a distance, this makes the audience ask questions like, where is it going?, who is in the car?. The car is towing another car so therefore also makes the audience ask questions and makes them want to watch on to see what happened to the car and where it is being taken to.
The car pulls into a bar, the music in the bar gives you an idea of what the people are like in there, it is country and western, so maybe there are cow boy type people in the bar, Jerry's clothes contrast with everyone else's because he is in a suit and tie, whereas Carl and his associate are very casual in a jumper and jeans. Jerry's personality and the way he talks also contrasts with Carl, Jerry is very shy and innocent with a posh tone to his voice, whereas Carl is upfront and has an accent. They both talk about 'Shep' but he is not in the opening scenes, so therefore people will want to know who he is and why he's such a catch. Also at the end of the opening scene Carl says ' You want your own wife kidnapped' so it leaves suspense on why does he want his wife kidnapped and whats going to happen next?. http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=GEYPIO8DlY4
Lost Highway (David Lynch 1997)
At the begining there is 2 and a half minutes on just a road at night time, the headlights light up the road and it looks like they are going pretty fast. Where are they going? Who is in the car?, questions will be asked and make the viewer want to watch more. The music is kind of techno and has bass to it, so that also builds up tension, then the actors/actresses names appear, they have a comic font to them and they come from a distance and zoom to the front of the screen. There is a point of view shot all the way down the highway, with use of a handicam as well, this gives the audience a feel of what it would actually be like if they were in the car.
It fades out to black after the 2 and a half minutes of the highway, and stays black for about 20 seconds, then a man comes up smoking a cigarette, but it is still quite dark, this makes the audience think, who is he?, why is he sitting in the dark?. It is silent for quite a while and the camera just stays on this man who we don't know who he is yet, then a buzzer goes off and it makes you wonder who could it be? The other mystery person says 'someone is dead' this creates suspense and makes you want to watch more.
He walks to the window and there is a point of view shot to see what he is looking at, no one is there and he looks stressed and nervous, why?. The camera pans onto the door and no one is there, this creates suspension, the screen then goes black. Whats going to happen? these questions need to be answered so therefore make the viewer want to carry on watching the film. http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=iDUaDgzRiFE
Mulholland Drive (David Lynch 2001)
At the begining there is loud, jazzy type music on and people are dancing. Layering is used in the dance sequence, a white, ghost type woman comes on over the dancing, and three other people do as well, who are these people?, why are they being singled out?, this obviously links into the film later on so the viewer would have to watch it to know what happens, it draws you in right from the start.
After the dance sequence it is just red, and there is heavy breathing, you want to know who the person is who is breathing heavy, red symbolises danger or blood, there is like a sense of crime. The dancing is ok at the begining of the film, but as the film carries on, it is not linked to anything, so therefore you want to watch the rest of the film to see how it is linked.
The music then goes really mysterious and there is a camera shot on a street sign that says Mulholland Drive, it is dark and a car headlight shines onto the sign to make it light up. There is then a car that pulls out and it creates suspense to know who is in the car? and where are they going?. You can only see the cars headlights because its so dark and this is kind of scary and also creates tension.
The camera follows the car for 2 minutes just driving down a dark road, this is similar to Lost Highway where there is 2 and a half minutes of a car driving down a highway, it just creates suspense. It then cuts onto a woman whos in the car and she looks sad or annoyed, why? There is then a point of view shot from her perspective looking at the two men in the front of the car, who are they?, where are they taking her?, is she related to any of them? The woman then says 'what are you doing, we don't stop here' this creates tension and will make the audience want to watch on.
It then cuts onto two cars and there is a loud screaming noise and it looks like young adults in both cars just messing around, then it cuts back onto the woman, one of the men points a gun at her, what has she done to deserve this?, where is it going to lead?, all these questions will be answered in the film so therefore they do this to make the viewer want to carry on watching the film.
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