Instantly the viewers are given a sense of what type of genre it is with the bubbly, funky music and with the opening title credits the font used is quirky which enhances the funny comedic genre. The shots used in the first 54 seconds are quick and snappy, eg. a shot reverse/shot is used when the driver uses his brakes, then a mid-shot is used to enhance his facial expression. We are shown a birds eye view and long shot of the traffic, this enhances the lack of movement and also shows the frustration the male driver is going through due to the lack of movement in the traffic. In the 57th second a close-up is used as the driver is stuck in traffic and the old man walks by, this technique is used to exaggerate the fact that there is a severe traffic jam that even a slow old man is literally moving faster than them.
The male tries to avoid the traffic by switching lanes but is unsucessful, which humours the audience. The repeated shot of an elderly man in the distance overtaking this character helps to heighten the humour of the scene. The audience are aware that this character is in a rush to go somewhere and although they find ridicule in his poor attempt to get out of the traffic, they also sympathise with him as there is no way for him to get out.
Then we are introduced to another male character, who is dressed rather "geeky" but yet is singing along rather deeply to a gangster rap song, who is also stuck in the traffic however, is dealing with it in a totally different aspect compared to the previous character. This is another humerous aspect as it is rather odd for a male of this type of character to be deeply interested in gangster rap, to highlight this aspect, a coloured male approaches his vehicle and almost immediately the character locks his car and reduces the volume of the music, which draws laughter to the audience as it is very clear to them that the Geek is aware that his behaviour is rather unusual.
Then we are shown a long shot of the traffic, which is not making any movement but then we are zoomed slowly into the car of another male character who seems to be cheesed of by the traffic-jam. He is seriously annoyed to the extent that he takes his anger out on his steering wheel and uses abusive language, the way his character is presented creates more laughter from the audience as he is acting so irrationaly.
This opening scene quickly introduces us to 3 characters who seem to be important and within the first few minutes of the movie we're given an overview of their personalities, so far being rather serious, geeky and exaggerated.
This makes it very clear to me how significant it is to introduce my main character(s) in an opening sequence and to make it clear what genre the movie is, through different techniquies i.e. the font of the opening credits, background music etc.
The male tries to avoid the traffic by switching lanes but is unsucessful, which humours the audience. The repeated shot of an elderly man in the distance overtaking this character helps to heighten the humour of the scene. The audience are aware that this character is in a rush to go somewhere and although they find ridicule in his poor attempt to get out of the traffic, they also sympathise with him as there is no way for him to get out.
Then we are introduced to another male character, who is dressed rather "geeky" but yet is singing along rather deeply to a gangster rap song, who is also stuck in the traffic however, is dealing with it in a totally different aspect compared to the previous character. This is another humerous aspect as it is rather odd for a male of this type of character to be deeply interested in gangster rap, to highlight this aspect, a coloured male approaches his vehicle and almost immediately the character locks his car and reduces the volume of the music, which draws laughter to the audience as it is very clear to them that the Geek is aware that his behaviour is rather unusual.
Then we are shown a long shot of the traffic, which is not making any movement but then we are zoomed slowly into the car of another male character who seems to be cheesed of by the traffic-jam. He is seriously annoyed to the extent that he takes his anger out on his steering wheel and uses abusive language, the way his character is presented creates more laughter from the audience as he is acting so irrationaly.
This opening scene quickly introduces us to 3 characters who seem to be important and within the first few minutes of the movie we're given an overview of their personalities, so far being rather serious, geeky and exaggerated.
This makes it very clear to me how significant it is to introduce my main character(s) in an opening sequence and to make it clear what genre the movie is, through different techniquies i.e. the font of the opening credits, background music etc.
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