analysis of the opening of planet of the apes
DESCRIPTION
I have analysed the start of the Planet Of The Apes film and looked at the way the characters costumes, the weather, the camera shots and music have affected the way the film comes across to the audience to give me ideas on what I can adapt on for my thriller opening.TRANSCRIPT
Analysis Of The Opening Of ‘Dawn Of The Planet Of The Apes’
1st Scene It starts off with one ape, which
shows the audience he is most likely the main one.
He is looking down which may show pain, worry or that he is waiting for something to happen.
The music is non – diegetic and starts off slow then speeds up once the apes all run off after the diegetic noise of the ape tells them to follow. The apes all running off shows that there is worry and that something is about to happen or that something has happened that they are getting away from.
2nd Scene The low angle shot of the apes
shows them rushing around and sets the scene as to where about they are and makes it more interesting for the audience to watch from this angle.
There is no loud noise until one of the apes screams to the other animals in the wild which makes the audience jump and gets them engaged into what is actually happening as they may be confused by this point.
3rd Scene At this point there is both a
mixture of animals and the deer's are running away as the fast music starts as there is a chase scene and the music goes with this which creates tension and confusion as what is to happen next.
The colours are dark and the time of day it is filmed in is quite dark showing a sense of mystery and makes it more scary for the audience to watch.
4th Scene At this point, one of the apes is about to kill
one of the other animals and is seen to be of the bigger size and of the higher status and the type that everyone has to follow and that looks up to until the bigger bear is joined by the louder jumper music showing that he is of the higher status which shows the mise-en-scene as the ape isn’t who they should be following.
However as soon as this is shown, the bear then gets killed which confuses the audience into who the ‘wiser’ animal is.
This also shows violence to the audience and makes the film start of with an animal getting killed, some audience may not like this whereas others might. It is a drastic way to start a film but shows what the film will be like.
5th Scene