Monday 1 February 2016

The Phantom Menace Analysis



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At the start of the film, we see a long shot tracking the movement of a spaceship - the audience will immediately know that this film is from the Sci-Fi genre. The majority of the audience will however already know this due to this being another installment of the very popular Star Wars franchise. We then cut to a medium two shot of what looks to be the pilots of the ship, we also see an over the shoulder shot of two mysterious people in cloaks with hoods up - this will leave the audience curious as to who these two figures are. The camera then briefly cuts to an over the shoulder shot of one of the figures to which we hear them talking, this indicates that they are most likely human and may be of some sort of importance in the film.

The camera then tracks across the a close up of what seems to be an alien who appears to be speaking English, this also heavily links to the Sci-Fi genre by using a very popular cliche used in this genre in particular. We then see a long shot of the ship flying into what seems to be a space station orbiting the Earth.
When the ship is seen landing inside the ship, the camera cuts to a medium shot of a large group of droids who are surrounding the ship as it lands which may create a small bit of tension in the audience - however, this tension is almost immediately erased as we see the two mysterious figures from the ship walk through the room to be greeted and taken down a corridor by a silver robot.
After being left by the robot the two figures turn around to the camera and slowly take down their hoods revealing their identities. They reveal that they are human and are most likely going to be the main protagonists for the film. The camera uses a two shot and tracks them as they walk across the room, due to their convocation and how the scene is focused primarily on the two protagonists which show that they are of importance and high authority.

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