Harry Brown

 In today's lesson (09/08/15) we analysed opening scenes of different films that represented a selection of genre's. The first scene that we evaluated was from the film 'Harry Brown'. The characters in this film were portrayed with a 'gangster'  like persona. The group of young boys which I believed to be the main characters were surrounded round one person which implied bulling and harassment so another boy, due tp the nature of the character in this scene it suggests that the bullying could be regarding collection of money or dugs or something of a similar thought.

The opening scene of this film is very dark. In every angle there was aspects of the colour black, whether it was black clothing or a very dark room. This was done to create a gloomy, muggy feel to the film.

The way the camera angle is used, it creates the illusion that another character is controlling the camera and filming the scenes. I think that this is done to make you feel like you are getting an inside perspective on this people everyday reality.

In the scene that is in the park, there are gunshots. The sound in this scene is especially loud and then one the trigger is pulled the sounds dramatically quietens. This is done to accelerate the intensity of the shooting, this is also shown in the scenery. The scenery of the gunshot shows that it is in the daytime, which portrays the brutality and rawness of the shooting as it is in clear daylight for everyone to see.