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Film Opening Analysis : Star Wars Episode V The Empire Strikes back Josh Pyne
Film Opening Analysis : Star Wars Episode VThe Empire Strikes backJosh Pyne
Scene one
Lighting : the lighting is neutral. Meaning it is nor light nor dark. The light is not at all complex in this scene as it is set in space and is just a titling sequence.
Sound : we can hear the star wars theme, which is non diegetic sound.
Editing : The font of the titling goes away from the camera, in a star like fashion
Scene two
Lighting : : the lighting is neutral. Meaning it is nor light nor dark. The light is not at all complex in this scene.
Sound : the non diegetic music turns minor as we are confronted by a spaceship, indicating its an evil one.
Editing : relatively fast pan downward from the titling, this shot is just an establishing shot of the giant space ship, this is to give the audience an idea of whats going on.
Scene three
Lighting : Bright, it isn't dark, the light seems to be naturally provided in the shot.
Sound : both non diegetic and diegetic sound. We can hear the beeping of the robot. But also hear some sinister background music.
Editing : There seems to be a graphic match, the pod crashed into the planet and then it cut to a clip of the root rising out of the crater. Editing is still mid paced.
Scene four
Lighting : Bright, it isn't dark, the light seems to be naturally provided in the shot.
Sound : both non diegetic and diegetic sound. We can hear the beeping of the robot. But also hear some sinister background music.
Editing : This shot seems to be another establishing shot, it is capturing the terrain. The cuts are still mid paced.
Scene five
Lighting :: Bright, it isn't dark, the light seems to be naturally provided in the shot.
Sound : we hear the sound of wind gusts. And also hear the moans of the tauntaun. Then we can hear non diegetic sounds such as the star wars theme being played and mixed with another minor track.
Editing : this first character we see that is a main character, editing is still mid paced, and we are surprised as this tauntaun and character appears after a zoom in from a long shot.
