1ST 5 SHOTS OF FILM 1: For Those In Peril

For Those In Peril

Paul Wright (2013)

BBFC 18, MPAA Not Rated

Film Opening Length: 0

Budget: ?
UK/US/World Box Office: $3.8k, $18.2k, ?
Theatrical Distribution in 

Production Companies: Warp Films, Film4 Productions
Distributors: Studiocanal

LINKS:
IMDB, RottenTomatoes (Tomatometer 90%, Audience 68%), BoxOfficeMojo, Wiki


Trailer for 'For Those In Peril':
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SHOT 1
The first film titles shown are BFI, Film4, Creative Scotland and Screen Yorkshire (they are funding agencies that the government gives grants too except for Film4 who is an exhibitor expecting the money back, since they are showing this film on Film4 the TV channel). The main three film institutions appear first in the titles, then below, there is the title 'In Association with Screen Yorkshire' connoting that this film institution is less important than the others above. It is connoted that this is a low budget film because the film institutions are low budget, for films that are targeted for a small audience (Britain). The 'In Association with' font is smaller than the film institution names' font. The overall font is a typewriting serif font in all upper case letters. Also, the text overall is very small, to connote that the target audience of the film is adults (age rating is 18). 
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SHOT 2
You can see here the title for the film institution, Warp X. Warp X received all their money from the national lottery as a government grant to make 6 films. Warp X is a subsidiary of film production company Warp Films. It is made clear here that Warp X is the main production company because it says "A Warp X Production".

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Using selective focus the effect of looking ghostly is created here, everything in the shot is out of focus. The fact that this character is shown immediately first centrally framed in a medium close up connotes that this character is the main protagonist. The signifier in this shot is the sea shown in the background to connote that the sea is a very important element of the film. There is natural lighting used here and the weather looks cold. You can also denote that the camera used is handheld.
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SHOT 4

This is an extreme long shot of the sea in the distance. A diegetic voiceover appears here, providing the audience with exposition through the accent heard - Scottish. This signifies the setting to the audience. "I remember when I was little." Non-diegetic music starts playing here, which can be denoted as organ notes (connotes church funeral music - normally signifying death) which connotes sadness and seriousness; this helps to establish the serious drama genre to the audience. 

There has also been a black and white grainy filter used on the footage which connotes that this scene is set back in time. A very long take (27 seconds) is used here - which connotes that the audience of the film is older (age 18+). A teen/young audience would have got bored already.

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SHOT 5
You can now here diegetic sound of the ocean. There are connotations that someone has died here because the framing has got tighter on a section of rocks in the sea.