Summer Assignment

Napoleon Dynamite Remake

This the Napoleon Dynamite Opening titles which my group and I created.

Napoleon Dynamite Timeline

Analysis of Napoleon Dynamite Opening Sequence

The sequence of the Napoleon Dynamite opening titles shows the genre and the meaning of the story. Because of the opening titles it sets up the genre of the film as a comedy. The audience can see this because it shows that Napoleon is an American teenager who has possibly just started college, due to the plates of food and partly child like objects shown within the titles. It expresses the possibly of the film being a comedy due to funny drawings and funny ID cards within Napoleons wallet, which shows he’s going to be a comedic character.

The opening sequence of Napoleon Dynamite also shows the meaning of the story. It shows that Napoleon is growing up and can’t decide on how he feels about it and that he possibly feels stuck in between being able to act like a child and get away with it and then having a new chapter in his life with means he has to grow up. This is why I think there is a mixture of different objects within the titles because it also in some way is expressing Napoleons feelings to.

Within the titles it shows different things that could give an impression to the audience that Napoleon is unsure where he is heading, due to things that show a sort of child like state. Objects such as plates with food on (burgers and chips, hot dogs) show that he still enjoys foods which younger people like. It also shows toy cars and drawings of massive birds, which also shows more child like ways.

As much as the opening titles show that the film is a story about Napoleon still being like a child, it does also show that he is a teenager. I can see that from notebooks, library books and pencils and also other stationary equipment which teenagers would need to use if they were studying at school or college.

9 Key Frames

 

Spolier Reviews and Key Frames

Shutter Island

‘Shutter Island’ is a thriller film starring Leonardo Di’ Caprio as the main character ‘Teddy Daniels’ who went to the island to find a missing mental patient. I don’t overly enjoy thrillers and I was apprehensive to watch ‘Shutter Island’ due to that fact. Once I started it I was really surprised that I liked the thriller due to many plot twists that had me thinking really hard about the identity of the Marshal Teddy and what sort of man he truly was. I found that it was a really successful thriller as there was a few plot twists that I wasn’t expecting to happen, which made it more enjoyable to watch and made me excited to see what was going to happen next.

 

I would rate ‘Shutter Island’ 4 out of 5 stars. I wouldn’t give it a full rating, even though I did thoroughly enjoy the film there was points the plot started to confuse me and I had to think back to what had previously happened to understand.

Teddy and Chuck travel to the Ashecliffe Hospital located on Shutter Island for the criminally insane. This is buliding up to the background story.

 

As the pair arrive at Shutter Island to investigate the disappearance of Rachel Solando, they can see the patients they are surrounded by are far from sane. This show suspence.

 

 Due to a storm which has happened on the island. Teddy and Chuck are then prevented to return back to the mainland for serval days. This creates anxiety with the audience.

 

After being on the island for a couple of days, Teddy starts to have horrific waking visions which feature his dead wife due to migrane headaches. (he was told) This makes the audience favour Teddy.

Due to not getting any information from staff about the disappearence of Rachel Solando, Teddy and Chuck decide to interview some of the patients at Ashcliffe. This shows the audience something is going to happen.

As the pair continue their investigation they find out that Rachel has been found. Due to neither staff or patients helping him, Teddy decides to break into Ward C. This shows more suspence and gives the audience some excitment.

After going to Ward C and speaking to a patient called George Noyce (who tells him everyone is playing a game designed for Teddy). Teddy decides to go to the lighthouse to see if what he was saying was right about patients being lobotomized there. This shows suspence and horror, as the audience would feel worried for Teddy.

After being seperated from eachother on the cliffs, Teddy finds the 'real' Rachel Solando who tells him Ashcliffe use psychotropic medication to develop mind control. This makes the audience think about what has been happening during the film.

After Teddy finds out who he really is, a flashback occurs to show a tragic event which involved his wife and children. This gives the audience sadness and a true understanding for Teddy.

 

 

Fargo

‘Fargo’ is a thriller that is based on a true story about three horrible murders. The murders were based around a man that was doing a deal with a huge amount of money due to starting his own company. I didn’t really enjoy the thriller and was really confused about what was happening for the majority of the film. I felt there were also a few irrelevant scenes that made rather uncomfortable viewing.

 

I would give ‘Fargo’ 3 out of 5 stars. I found the film quite hard to watch, I don’t know if that was due to the high amount of blood or because it looked so real that I felt empathy for the people it happened to. Even after a few hours later, the film still had an effect on me, which is why I have given ‘Fargo’ a not very high rating. I would of liked to give it a higher rating because I think it all looked very realistic if what happened in the film was to happen in real life, but because it was so gory I wouldn’t be able to.

Jerry who is an automoblie salesman, meets with criminals Carl and Gaear to plan a deal to gain Jerry a large amount of money to help with his finanical issues. This gives the audience antisipation because they don't know what's going to happen next.

This shows suspence as the audience does'nt know whats going to happen to Jerry's wife Jean.

Criminals Carl and Gaear travel to Fargo with kidnapped Jean in the backseat. This gives the audience anticipation.

Police cheif Marge and her partner investigate the death of two people on the side of the snowy road. This will make the audience wonder if there will be any more deaths during the film.

Marge the police woman talks to Jerry to find out more information about car deals and his missing wife. This gives the audience anticipation to find out what's going to happen to Jerry.

Carl and Gaear take Jean back to their house and watch as she struggles. This could give horror to the audience because Jean could be the next victim.

Carl meets Jean's dad on top of a building to get money so Jean becomes safe. This is where Wade (Jean's dad) is shoot. This shows more suspence to the audience because yet again another murder has happened and the audience will then be wondering if another death is going to occur.

Carl starts to hide the money in the snow for Jerry to find. This shows more suspence again, due to not knowing if any more crimes are going to happen and whats going to happen to Jerry and the criminals.

After Gaear shoots Jean, he kills her by putting her in a woodcutter with another person who is involved with the crimes. This shows horror as two people die.