Media Text Examples

Media Text Examples Similar to our Opening

Changing Seasons- Notting Hill

Our film opening has lots of match-on-actions in which Rose maintains her position on the screen while her background changes.  These match-on-actions indicate to the audience a regularity in the action of these scenes and a sense of the passing of time, indicating to the audience that Rose has experienced the symptoms seen for a long time and that they are a part of her day to day life.  This use of match-on-actions echoes 'Notting Hill' where match-on-actions are used inorder to present the static state of the protagonists life as he walks down the street with the mise-en-scene changing behind him signifying the changing of the seasons throughout the year.

Opening Scene - Moonlight

A key feature of our film opening is the rotating around the character of Rose.  This is used to disorientate the audience, giving a sense of her mental illness and representing the confusion that she feels within herself.  The circling within out film opening is similar to the movement of the camera in the opening of 'Moonlight' where the camera circles around two characters and
giving the audience a slight sense of danger about circumstances of their interaction.

Flashbacks - Big Little Lies 

Our film opening uses flashes of seemingly unrelated scenes, such as the bridge in order to disorientate, confuse and engage the audience.  This is similar to the use of flashes in the TV show 'Big Little Lies' where flashes to other scenes are often used inorder to keep the audience guessing and give them hints as to what is to come with the fast paced editing of the show adding a sense of suspense.