Sunday 23 January 2011

The Core

1)How is the fact that this is a disaster film foreshadowed in the opening of the film.
Answer: We know it could be a disaster film because at the beginning of the film the camera moves deep into
the mountain and keeps dropping down like its going into the core of the earth and then the title explodes onto the screen this could foreshadow of whats to come.

2)List the 8 main characters.
Answer: Joshua Keyes, Sierge, rebecca Childs, Theodore Finch, Bob Iverson, General Thomas Purcell, Conrad Zimsky, Dr Ed Brazzleton.

3)How is sound and editing used to create tension and drama during the spaceship landing scene?
Answer: Tension is created by both sound and editing like when the music is fast and upbeat this makes the audience feel tense and nervous also tension is evident when we see the spaceship plumiting to the ground through the city of los angeles when the audience see this they are already nervous by the speed of the music
and then they see the spaceship flying through los angeles they are feeling nervous for the public people of the city this causes tension.

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5)How are two to the following used to create tension and drama during the lighting storm on rome?
Answer: Sound is used to create tension in Rome by the shouting and how loud the lighting is this shows that storm is very big and powerful also Mise en scene is used like when all the people are wearing summer clothes and the weather is nice and sunny and then the weather dramitically changes this creates tension.