Film Research...

Apocalypse Now (1979)

How does the director/producer 'hook' the audience?
Starts with a a beautiful tropical landscape which is then blown up with napalm - violence, vietnam war, pointless destruction?!
What is the man going to do? - concerned for him.

What techniques are used?
Images of war layered with images of character's face and reality
Constantly haunted by images of war
Obsessed with it
Deep psychological effect
Starts with a song and sounds of helicopters and voice over

Blade Runner (1982)

How does the director/producer 'hook' the audience?
The titles are plain and ordinary to create tension
Written b/g info. City scape from above with fire coming up from it, look polluting,dangerous, threatening and futuristic

What techniques are used?
Cuts from city scape to eye with the reflection of the city fire, this tells us that eyes are important because the story is about you can only tell a replicant by looking into their eyes!
Mood and atmosphere is tense, only voices in the interview, HF cant be understood, frustrating
Dark outside, raining hard, oppressive,no nature!

28 Days Later

How does the director/producer 'hook' the audience?
Enigma - what is rage?
Dr. is very scared showing us that we should be scared
WHERE IS EVERYONE? WHY EVACUATION? WHY DESTRUCTION?

What techniques are used?
Jumpy camera angles
Short shots
Quick cuts
Loud, undefined noise
B/g music
Dark
All of this creates tension and it becomes extremely intense

NO sound! Isolation, intensity, nothingness
Music starts, he is becoming more tense, the louder and faster the music becomes signifies his confusion and worry

A clockwork orange

How does the director/producer 'hook' the audience?
Alex is staring at you!
Why are they dressed like that?
Why are they drinking milk?
Why is no one talking to eachother in the milk bar?!
WEIRD SET - grabs your attention
Why are they wearing makeup like that?

What techniques are used?
A simple, tracking shot - reveals everything slowly allowing us to ask questions and to build tension
Voice over of alex explaining what they are doing in the milk bar, but nothing is clear
Reflects a very different society yet still the same
Eery/creepy music to show insecurity

Raising Arizona

How does the director/producer 'hook' the audience?
What are they going to do?
Very likeable!
Feel sorry for them, builds the relationship between audience and characters

What techniques are used?
Voice over
- we hear it from his point of view
- we know his feelings and emotions
- we empathise with him
Snapshot
- seeing shots of their past
- only seeing most relevant/important images