Film Opening Research #1 - It Takes Two
How many titles are displayed during the opening sequences to the film?
1)Rysher Entertainment 2)A Cox Company 3)Rysher Entertainment 3) An Orr & Cruickshank Production 4) In association with Dualstar Productions 5) An Andy Tennant Film 6) It Takes Two
What images are prioritized in the opening sequence?
The contrast between the lives of the twins. Since they did not grow up with one another, they led completely different lives. Though only children, the manner in which the two live is portrayed by the difference in music played in the background when introducing each character. When the richer twin is shown, she is seen playing a difficult song for her age on the piano in a very large, fancy building where she is dressed in what appears to be her private school's uniform. On the other side of the country is the twin that is seen playing ball with the boys from the orphanage. Before actually seeing each child's face, the camera carries out close-ups on the girls' movements. For example, the camera focuses on the way the girls move about, with the affluent twin confidently walking up to the piano and carefully placing her music on the stand and the orphan blowing a bubble of gum and pooping it. The atmosphere of each location in which the main characters reside is most focused on.
What connotations do the images carry?
The difference in the way each person is dressed makes it seem almost as if the people who do not live in an enormous, luxurious home are inferior to those who do. This is especially defined when the comparison is made to children in an orphanage who freely do as they please outside on the street while those at the private institution are calmly seated and well behaved, listening to their peer give an outstanding performance.
How is genre reinforced through symbolic and technical codes from the outset?
Though it is a comedy/family film, the comedy is not easily established from the start. By clashing two completely different worlds, one would imagine that there will be some sort of conflict because of a misunderstanding each holds with one another. By displaying children in the movie and how they move about, viewers can tell that this is a film appropriate for all ages.
How does the film establish an enigma from the outset?
The film makers did not display the children's faces in the beginning, invoking a feeling of mystery and making the viewers hungry for answers to who these distinct children are. There is also the question of how the varying lifestyles will work into the movie.
What strategies are used to ensure the film appeals to its target audience?
People are always searching for answers and want to know what they don't already know. By focusing on aspects of the girls such as their environment, their movements, or what they were doing instead of who they were, the film was able to spark interest. It left the audience yearning to familiarize themselves with the faces of each child that was not shown, but obviously important to the story-line.
How has technology been used effectively? You might want to consider camera angles, transitions and editing techniques.
The film starts with extreme close-ups to hide the face of the main characters, as well cuts to each scene to more precisely display the contrast of each world each girl lives in. It appears that these two scenes are occurring simultaneously, but vary quite a lot. The change in music and background noises like soft piano instrumentals to upbeat music and children screaming helps further enhance the film.
1)Rysher Entertainment 2)A Cox Company 3)Rysher Entertainment 3) An Orr & Cruickshank Production 4) In association with Dualstar Productions 5) An Andy Tennant Film 6) It Takes Two
What images are prioritized in the opening sequence?
The contrast between the lives of the twins. Since they did not grow up with one another, they led completely different lives. Though only children, the manner in which the two live is portrayed by the difference in music played in the background when introducing each character. When the richer twin is shown, she is seen playing a difficult song for her age on the piano in a very large, fancy building where she is dressed in what appears to be her private school's uniform. On the other side of the country is the twin that is seen playing ball with the boys from the orphanage. Before actually seeing each child's face, the camera carries out close-ups on the girls' movements. For example, the camera focuses on the way the girls move about, with the affluent twin confidently walking up to the piano and carefully placing her music on the stand and the orphan blowing a bubble of gum and pooping it. The atmosphere of each location in which the main characters reside is most focused on.
What connotations do the images carry?
The difference in the way each person is dressed makes it seem almost as if the people who do not live in an enormous, luxurious home are inferior to those who do. This is especially defined when the comparison is made to children in an orphanage who freely do as they please outside on the street while those at the private institution are calmly seated and well behaved, listening to their peer give an outstanding performance.
How is genre reinforced through symbolic and technical codes from the outset?
Though it is a comedy/family film, the comedy is not easily established from the start. By clashing two completely different worlds, one would imagine that there will be some sort of conflict because of a misunderstanding each holds with one another. By displaying children in the movie and how they move about, viewers can tell that this is a film appropriate for all ages.
How does the film establish an enigma from the outset?
The film makers did not display the children's faces in the beginning, invoking a feeling of mystery and making the viewers hungry for answers to who these distinct children are. There is also the question of how the varying lifestyles will work into the movie.
What strategies are used to ensure the film appeals to its target audience?
People are always searching for answers and want to know what they don't already know. By focusing on aspects of the girls such as their environment, their movements, or what they were doing instead of who they were, the film was able to spark interest. It left the audience yearning to familiarize themselves with the faces of each child that was not shown, but obviously important to the story-line.
How has technology been used effectively? You might want to consider camera angles, transitions and editing techniques.
The film starts with extreme close-ups to hide the face of the main characters, as well cuts to each scene to more precisely display the contrast of each world each girl lives in. It appears that these two scenes are occurring simultaneously, but vary quite a lot. The change in music and background noises like soft piano instrumentals to upbeat music and children screaming helps further enhance the film.
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