Monday, 16 December 2013

Film Opening Analysis-Goodfellas

Goodfellas is a film released in 1990 and directed by Martin Scorse. The film follows the rise and fall of Lucchese crime family associate Henry Hill and his friends over a period from 1955 to 1980.




VISUALS-
0s-12s- Warner Bros Pictures
14s-17s- An Irwin Wrinker Production
17s-20s- A Martin Scorse Picture
20s-39s- Main characters ames swipe quickly across screen, fade, and then re-apper in the middle of                  the screen 
39s-43s- This film is 'Based on a true story'
43s-53s- Vehicle Driving (camera passes the side of the car and then passes it)
53s-57s- New York, 1970
1m-1m20s- 3 men in the car, 1 is driving the other 2 are asleep, they suddenly wake up suspecting that                   they have a burst Tyre(med-close up)
1m20s-1m29s- All 3 character get out to check the rear Tyre, their faces are shown by red reflection                          of the rear brake light (mid shot)
1m29s-1m33s- Zoom in on car boot, it is shaking as if someone's trapped inside
1m33s-1m43s- Pan of characters getting their weapons out 
1m43s-1m48s- Cut-in of hands unlocking the boot of the car and revealing a blood coverd man barely                          moving and mumbling incoherently,
1m48s-1m52s- Character erpeatedly stabs the man in the boot with a knife
1m52s-1m54s- Reaction shot of third character
1m54s-1m55s- First character gets his gun and starts shooting the man in the boot
1m55s-1m56s- Reaction shot of third character
1m56s-2m- Shooting

SOUND-
12s-53s- The sound of multiple cars going by
57s-1m13s- Dialogue (all characters have New York accents)
57s-1m20s- Sound of cars fades out/ slows down
1m20s-1m29s- Footsteps and car door slamming shut
1m29s-1m43s- Quiet bangs from the boot
1m35s-1m43s- The grunts of the gangsters aswell as the character in the boot
1m56s-2m- Shooting

Things it does WELL
> it sets the scene with 'new york 1970' 
> it intorduces the director
> it introduces three of the main characters onscreen 
> it introduces the director first
> the lighting used sets the scene of the film well

Things it DOESN'T do well-
> It says where it's set but gives us no real example of this

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