RESEARCH; ART OF THE TITLE - DIE HARD

Die Hard. I selected this movie because of the very mysterious and interesting opening to the film. It represents well the life of a middle class man, and what he has to go through in his daily life, and what he struggles with, and it can relate to a lot of audiences. In the film, we are introduced by an undershot fo a plane flying under the camera, and the audio of a large plane coming closer and closer towards us. We are then introduced to a quick scene of an interaction, between a cop, and one between a random person boarding a plane. The cop has an interaction with the man abut flying. John (the cop) has a fear of flying, and speaks to it with the man. 'Im usually not afraid, ive been flying for 10 years' after this, john reveals from his right jacket pocket that he has a gun, which the man sees and is frightened by. John says 'Dont be afraid, I'm a cop. Being doing this for 11 years.' This opening sequence introduces us to the main character and what his personality type is. 

He appears to be a very calming, and chilled man. Then, whilst john is grabbing his luggage, 2 massive words 'die hard' clash together making a metal noise. The font is very tough and blue. this represents what type of film it is, which is a drama/thriller film, because it has connotation of rough, metal, fighting. Then, the opening credits appear in the bottom right, one of them being Alan Rickman, who is famous for being in thriller films. This attracts us as audiences, because he is a very famous actor. After this, there is an over the shoulder shot of the overview of a crowd, of the business owner Jin, who just has another successful term in his business. This represents power as he towers over them, making him seem in control, and ahead of them. 

Then, we learn more about Johns personality as he gets in a limo, and has an interaction with the driver. He speaks to him about his wife and how they are having trouble, and he starts to say that he has not been a very goos husband. This makes us learn more about John as he is very sympathetic towards his actions, and wants to make it up to her, for what he has done. Then, there is an overshot of the car driving with little music, which represents long and hard days, which John is going through.

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1. There was 9 titles displayed during the opening sequence. It’s a co-production, meaning its multicultural. One of the titles is 'Sweet 16' this will show to the audience that it is a Ken Loach film. In addition, the film reveals that in the opening credits that it's a multi cultural film.

2. In the opening sequence, there are 2 things. A night club, and a shop. This is prioritised because it opens up the setting and the establishing scene shows where we are, and what type of culture we are in, which is an Islamic culture that means it is a mixed culture night club. Since it is a Bollywood film, they don't have intimate scenes, this means that they will go through troubles getting together in the film.

3. The nightclub and the shop display connotations fo the culture of the area. It symbols the muslim culture they are in, because of the bhangra music, which is muslim. This introduces us to the characters. This means that it is a Bollywood film. The night club also carries connotations of being free and happy, with mixed races enjoying time together. There is a lack of racism.

4. The genre is reinforced through symbolic and technical codes from the outset by using the audio, which is 95% of the film, to reinforce the romance in the film. From the very start, Thara and Casim are running through the school and the barge into the music room. This is when Casim has a romantic connection with the music teacher, when he eyes her up as they are about to leave the school. There is a POV shot of Casim viewing the teacher, and he has a spark with her. The romantic side of the film is also portrayed by the introduction of the two main characters and their love for each other, whilst the comedic element of the film is established through the various dogs urinating on the father’s shop sign.

5. The film establishes an enigma by introducing the culture divide in Glasgow, shown through various events such as the ‘bulldog’, a symbolism for Britain, urinating on the Pakistani family shop. Followed by the introduction of the young Scottish music teacher and the Pakistani man, who show love to each other.

6. The use of Bhangra music appeals towards Pakistani audiences, whilst the choice of young main actors may appeal towards a younger teenage audience. The choice of setting in Glasgow may appeal towards a Glaswegian audience as well.

7. The camera control is loose when filming the night club, which symbolises the ‘free’ attitude, with multiple races enjoying time together. The establishing shot which pans across Glasgow helps to establish the setting, whilst the Bhangra music carries on playing from the night club, which symbolises how diverse the city is. The use of camera movement helps bring the illusion of freedom, shwo through the loose camera moving fastly in the opening scenes. The birds eye view over glasgow helps introduce us to the settings.

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