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- 1. AS Media Ben Walker RingwoodSchool Film Beginning Analysis End of Watch – “I’m the police. And I’m here to arrest you. You’ve broken the law. I did not write the law. I may even disagree with the law. But I will enforce it. No matter how you plead, cajole, beg or attempt to stir my sympathies, nothing you do will stop me from placing you in a steel cage with grey bars. If you run away, I will chase you. If you fight me, I will fight back. If you shoot at me, I will shoot back. By law, I am unable to walk away. I’m a consequence. I am the unpaid bill. I am fate with a badge and a gun. Behind my badge is a heart like yours. I bleed. I think. I love. And yes, I can be killed. And although I’m but one man, I have thousands of brothers and sisters who are the same as me. They will lay down their lives for me. And I them. We stand watch together. A thin blue line. Protecting the prey from the predators. The good from the bad. We are the police.” The firsttwo minutesof Endof Watch isfootage froman LAPD car chase throughLos Angeles.The firstminute andfive secondsof the openingisvoicedoverbyJake Gyllenhaalreadingthe above script.Afterthis,forthe remainingminute orsothe soundisof the car chase outside the Police car and the voicesandradioinside the car.This includes tyre screeches,sirens,Police radioandthe Police officerstalkingaboutthe chase. Havingjustthe voice of the officerkeepsthe audienceinthe dark aboutthe lookof the officer.Thismeansthatitgivesthe audience tobuildanideaof whathe may looklike,before actuallyseeinghisface laterinthe opening. The scene endsbythe carbeing chasedcrashingand thenthe two officersand the twoassailantsengaginginagunfight.The two assailantsare killedandthe scene ends. Thishasagreat effectonthe audience because theyare immediatelythrownintowhatlife isreallylike asaPolice Officer.Showinghow quicklyacar chase can turn intoa deadlyshootout. The camera shot forthe firsttwominutesof the filmis100% viewedviathe LAPDPolice car’s dashboardcamera duringthe car chase,turnedshootout.Thisimmersesthe audience intothe first personviewsof whata Police chase islike andhow theycan sometimeshave deadlyconsequences. The effectsgiventothe audience isfarmore realisticthansome of the outside andotherinternal camera shotsusedinotherfilms.
- 2. AS Media Ben Walker RingwoodSchool Bad Boys - Bad boysbegins byshowinganaeroplane takingoff anda topof the range Porsche 911 drivingby. The camera thenmovesintothe car withWill SmithandMartinLawrence,whoclearlyknow each otherand are friends,satin the car whichis drivingalong. The audience discoverthatSmith hasjust boughtthiscar andis explainingtoLawrence all aboutit.SmithishesitanttoletLawrence eata burgerand friesinhisnewcar and the pair thenbegintotalkabout Lawrence’shome life. The idea behindthe beginningof BadBoysissimilartomine inthe sense the audience donotknow thatthe twopeople are Police Officersuntil whentheyare heldupbytwothat theyreveal themselvesas Police. The onlyaudioduringthe beginningisof the twoofficerssattalkingandthe soundof the engine. The camerashotsusedare close upsfor the entire durationof the car journeyuntil they stop.Shot reverse shotisbeingusedswitchingbetweenthe SmithandLawrence.The shotschange whenthe twopull upin theircar. It isat thispointthatthe two are approachedbya decoylady, before theyare car jacked,fightbackand reveal thattheyare police officers. 22 Jump Street It beginswithaflashback to partsof 21 JumpStreetand footage fromwhenthe twoofficers (ChanningTatumandJonah Hill) were atthe academyandthenHigh School. Thislasts40 seconds before changingtothe presentday of the twosat on the frontof theircar before goingtoa meet whichtheyare toldabout viathe footage theyare watching.The secondminute isthendifferent shotsof the twoloading,playingwithandbuildinggunsfromthe backof theircar on topof a car park inthe middle of a large city.Duringthistwo minutes,if youhave notseenthe previousfilmand evenif youhave,the audience are givenaclearpicture of that the two know eachotherverywell, that theyare partnersandthat the sort of complete one another.Thisisshownthroughthe footage watchedinthe opening.The audiousedinthe secondhalf is‘Turndownfor what’a song that is
- 3. AS Media Ben Walker RingwoodSchool upbeatandfast and that accompaniesthe gunmontage verywell.The comedicelementsis introducedtothe audience throughoutthe twominutesviaafew of the clipsshownandalso throughthe way the two act witheachotherduringthe gunmontage. 22 JumperStreetdoesavery goodjob of immediatelyintroducing/remindingthe audience to/of the twocharactersandtheir personalities. Let’s Be Cops As opposedtothe otherfilmsanalysed,inLet’s be Copsapart fromthe title there isnoindication withinthe firsttwominutesthatthisfilmisanythingPolice related.Itisjusttwofriends,Justinand Ryan sat ina bar talkingabouthowtheirlivesare notgoinganywhere,theythengotoleave and Ryan’scar doesnotstart. That isfollowedbywhatappearstobe the local gangstercriminal andhis crewwho arrive intheirlarge 4x4 and crash intothe front of Ryan’scar. ThissparksRyan intoanger to whichhe thenconfrontsthe gangster.The gangster’screw getout of the car and JustinandRyan decide toleave. The onlyaudiointhe firsttwominutesisthe voicesof the people involvedthere is no backingmusicor track. Althoughthe scene doesstartwithRyansingingasong. Let’sbe copsis similarto22 JumpStreetinthat it isimmediatelyobviousthatthe twocharacterare friendsdue to the way inwhichtheyinteractandthe dialogue betweenthem.Theytalkabouttheir‘life’which showstheyhave beenineachother’slivesformanyyears.