Who has never heard of Titanic here? If you haven't, then where have you been?! Titanic is one of most successful film ever produced producing millions and millions of pounds. The film features the one and only Leo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet. The genre of this film is Romance consisting of love, devastation and of course based on the historic event of the Titanic.
The use of the music throughout of the opening is the well known iconic music for this film, 'my heart will go on'. Due to the soft tones of the ladies voice, creates a peacefully but upsetting atmosphere because the audience can relate to the event which happens.
The establishing shot is introduced with a fading transition, which from an eye level angle to a low angle shot; from looking at the people below to looking up at a massive ship holding thousands of people. Having the long shot of looking at the people at the docks suggest as though the audience is one of the people at the docks and allows them to relate to the film. Having the camera looking up at the ship, shows how overpowering the ship was and how small we are in comparison. This suggest that the ship is more superior than the people below and the audience themselves. The shot also allows to see the location of the scene and peoples reactions as they are waving over the side of the ship, which implies they are saying farewell to loved ones, showing the sadness and happiness they have for each other. The sepia filter on the camera implies that this happened a long time ago, which as the film is based on the actual Titanic disaster, it actually was.
Having multiple shots of the ship, with people waving goodbye at the camera, shows the significant amount of people on the ship, which to a certain extent, makes the audience sad as they know what happens due to the real thing occurring. The few close ups of the people saying goodbye, shows the happiness of them and implies they are looking forward to their trip, which the audience know, they will never fully finish...
The next shot is a close up of the sea slowly rippling, with the moonlight glistening on it. This implies that this is where the film would be set, on water. The use of using calm water would contrast to what the water caused further on in the film, which suggests to the audience, how can water cause so much chaos when it can be this calm? The title of the film 'Titanic' gradually fades onto the water in white font. The white font suggest the purity and innocence of the people on the ship, which make the audience feel sympathetic for what's going to happen to them. Also having the title appearing on screen on this part is very effective as Titanic is a ship, so it would be on water!
Where the moonlight is shining on the water, the camera zooms into the light and a focusing transition commences. This creates the effect of the audience diving under the water and into the sea, which makes the audience feel part of the film. This allows the shots of the opening to become more fluent. This transition leads to an increase in light due to the submarine machines swimming under the water. This implies that this transition has changed the period of time the film was set in as at the beginning of the film it was set in the past and now is portrayed as being in more modern times. The lighting used in the scene, suggests they are looking for something due to the glow of the like and the movement of lights.
Having a high angled shot with the focus pull being of the searching devices, suggests that the audience are over viewing what is commencing. This makes the audience feel hopeless as they want to help them search for what they are looking. The camera then begins to move and zoom away gradually from the searchers, which makes the audience feel even more hopeless as they are unable to help. This also implies how deep they are and how difficult it is to find something in such a large deep area. Having the lighting gradually getting smaller, suggest how deep they are but could also imply how the lights slowly went out for people on the ship and how their hope slowly faded...
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