Film openings

 

 Spiderman into the spider-verse opening

Think about the format of the images

Format is a bunch of flashes and small snippets of the character spider man suiting up and getting ready.

how are they constructed

With flashes and glitches which matches the theme of the movie.

What shot types are used

Close ups, medium shots, wide angles.

What filters, effects are used

There is use of a lot of vibrance and glitched effects

Any adjectives you would use to describe the quality of the images.

Comic like, animated, neon

Are there any shapes used?

Shapes, circles

Are there any key colours used?

A lot of neon colours and flashing lights with quick shots

 

Now start thinking about the imagery

It gives the audience the first insight as to who Spiderman is, the imagery shows the city of New York in flashes. It shows sign posts and a busy street. It also show spiderman in front of what looks like a dirty mirror in a subway bathroom, so from the very start you see that this spiderman is ready for danger in anytime carrying around his suit everywhere

Start taking screen shots from images that stand out for you and then try to gather them in sections

The first group would be spiderman suiting up and flashes of credits thrown on the screen

I would have a second section where there are some actions shots of him doing things in his suit as the second section as well as credits being thrown on to the screen.

Now start to think about what themes or connotation are associated with these groups of images

The theme of superhero is shows a lot especially with the suit.

The theme of being good at what he does also shows through the action scenes, the sort of being a pro theme.

The last theme would be the type of setting being a sort of neon comic like theme portrayed throughout the movie, this is a big part of the introduction as it show what the movie is going to be like.

And start to think what are the links or differences between the groups

I do not really see much of a difference between the themes it just shows spiderman in different ways.

Now start to see if there's other tools from out theory work that might be useful to use:

 

Can you identify any 'Binary opposites'?

Hero vs villain

Pro vs noob

Young vs old

Can you identify any type of montage?

Flashing montage, rhythmic montage 

What do you believe is the 'reality that is being represented?

It shows a lot of fiction rather than reality, but the emotions that are shown is of reality

What do you think is the preferred reading of this representation is?

 Cool type superhero beat

 

 

Once you've considered all this can you identify the following and justify your reasoning:

 

What the genre of the shows is (and tone/mood)?

Comic like superheroes, being a pro at what he does.

What the themes of the show are?

 

Comic like themes, conventions of good vs evil

What is the representation of the setting is?

NYC in the comic like mood/theme