Analysis Of ClipsA crucial part in the research area is to analyse professional film openings

and to assess the strengths and weaknesses of the clips. Another feature is to examine how they have incorporated the main conventions within the opening. As an audience we need to feel engaged and captivated in the

opening and thirst for more. Each of the clips introduced and familiarised us to the surroundings and character but also as an audience we wanted to see

the narrative unfold further.

Taxi Driver The clip commences with the non-diegetic soundtrack which is soft and mellow steadily the tempo of the music slightly alters to become tense which immediately represents the characters personality. The music plays in sync with the characters posture and body language, the extreme close up on his eyes show it progress from focused and fixated to promptly transforming into glazed and distorted vision. The music and posture correspond alongside each other to signify the characters split personality where one minute he is calm and collected to then manic and frantic. The scene is located in inner city New York City where as an audience we spectacle the hectic and eventful life. In the beginning we see a sudden gust of smoke sweep across the screen which is from the underground sewers, this represents the society is ‘dirty’ and ‘scummy’ and hypothetically it could signify cloudy vision which could possibly be leading up to something. A point of view shot allows us to look from his perspective on society, he has a blurred vision of what reality is and what he poses is right and wrong, his view on society is filth and that it is unclean.  The lighting promptly alters from low key lighting to high key, the lights from the on-going traffic reflect on his eyes which give an opportunity to reveal his eyes. The editing is slow placed which represents the relaxed persona and mood to rapidly changing to fast pace which signifies the hectic lifestyle and surroundings.

SevenThis clip immediately acquaints us with the character and shows us into the life of the character. The low key lighting sets the ambience to feel cold and isolated; the clip predominantly has dark and dusky colours to set the mood. The credits are overlapped but when we examine the font of writing it seems almost manic and the words are displaced intentionally as the character attempts to play mind games. Over time the non-diegetic soundtrack becomes fast paced and rapid to reflect the manic personality of the character. Editing corresponds with the soundtrack as there is constant cross cutting to represent the characters disturbed mind.

Dawn Of The Dead

The clip is a collage of events which captions the mayhem worldwide this is to signify that society has been lost and the boundaries which keep everyone in place have been abolished. It immediately sets the scene and shows that the equilibrium has been disrupted. It introduces us to world that has no limitations and the impact of the devastation. The editing is fast paced which constantly displays numerous events that are occurring. The non- diegetic soundtrack has significant meaning as it emphasises the end of the world (apocalypse) which seems evident in the opening scene, even though the song seems upbeat, we have to look past that and find the hidden meaning within.