Day 4

Alec and I decided to begin our research in class. We agreed on character vs. society, so I searched for character vs. society movies and watched their film openings. The film openings I watched were from V for Vendetta, Shrek, Pleasantville, The Hunger Games, Footloose, and Breakfast Club. For every film opening I paid close attention to detail and made a short analysis.

-V for Vendetta:

Establishes the structure of society, and the main characters. The coordination of their movements and activities in the opening scene may be trying to tell the audience that the characters are similar. I have watched this movie and the film opening does reveal how messed up their society is. The coordination of their movements does align with the plot because they eventually meet and become friends. The film opening demonstrates both characters shutting off the tv that's showing a man talking about things that both characters don't agree with. I think it's safe to assume that from the film opening because one of the characters says "That's enough" and shuts it off while the other character does the same. 

-Shrek:

Establishes the fact that Shrek is an ogre that is hated by society because of his differences. The way he lives and eats is different from society. I have watched this movie and I think the film opening does a great job at setting the stage for what the movie is gonna be about. It gives the audience everything you need to know.

-Pleasantville:

Cuts between three instructors talking about things that will happen in the future that will probably have an effect on the well-being and general lives of students.

-The Hunger Games:

Establishes the state of society and what the hunger games is exactly, and the person behind it all. People have to fend for themselves, shown through Katniss hunting. Food is hard to come by. The difference between costume design between the man behind the hunger games and Katniss. The first seem luxurious and well off compared to Katniss. This demonstrates that there is some type of inequality.

-Footloose:

Opens with credits and title name and different types of dancing styles in the background. You can tell that the people dancing vary from teenagers to young adults because of their attire. At the church, it seems that the teenagers are targeted by the church for listening to rock and roll and the rest of the adults at the church agree. I have watched this movie and the film opening clearly sets the stage for what the movie's about. Dancing. The scene in the church establishes that the guy having his soapbox has something against rock and roll and preaching it to the rest of the families, which is spreading the message of how rock and roll is most likely "demonic". Throughout the movie, the man bans dancing. Which is entirely against the kids because they love dancing.

-Breakfast club:

A quote by David Bowie is presented on the screen and is then literally shattered as if someone through a ball through a window. Which is a metaphor for how society rejects that quote, or ignores it because of the sense it makes towards children. The main characters are then presented through their interactions between their parents. Every parent treats each character differently in their own way. One of the characters doesn't walk in with any parents, he walks in by himself. The other parents are disappointed with their child, have unrealistic expectations of their son, and the other two characters are disregarded by their parents. This demonstrates that the parents are out to get the main characters. I have watched this movie before and after re-watching the film opening it has shown me how much it tells you about each character's life. Because later in the movie, each character opens up to one another about their situation with their parents. Each story relates to the film opening. The film opening tells the same stories except with less detail.