Thursday, 24 January 2013

Main Task - Post 5a - Macro/Micro analysis of an opening sequence from your genre

I have looked at Batman (1989) for my first micro-macro analysis of an opening sequence for the action genre. I have broken this video down into Macro and Micro analysis, macro meaning large and micro meaning small.


MACRO analysis

Narrative - meaning written words and or verbal dialogue.
The following appear in order respectively.

  • Warner Bros. presents
  • Jack Nicholson
  • Micheael Keaton
  • Kim Basinger
  • A Guber-Peters company production
  • A Tim Burton film
  • BATMAN
  • Based upon characters appearing in magazines published by DC Comics Inc. 
  • Robert Wuhl 
  • Pat Hingle 
  • Billy Dee Williams 
  • Michael Gough 
  • and Jack Plalance 
  • Casting by Marion Dougherty 
  • Costume designer Bob Ringwood 
  • Ms Basingers costumes by Linda Herikson 
  • Music by Danny Elfman 
  • Songs written and performed by Prince 
  • Editor Ray Lovejoy 
  • Production designed by Anton Furst 
  • Director of photography Roger Pratt (B.S.C) 
  • Based on Batman characters created by Bob Kane 
  • Executive producers Benjamine Melniker, Michael E. Uslan 
  • Co-producer Chris Kenny 
  • screenplay by Sam Hamm and Warren Skaaren 
  • story by Sam Hamm 
  • produced by Jon Peters and Peter Guber 
  • Directed by Tim Burton 
Representation - Dark, gloomy, mysterious

Genre - action

MICRO analysis

Sound - Haunting and powerful music throughout.

Camera - camera pans and zooms in parts, high angle shots also appear.

Editing - None

Special effects - None

Mise-en-scene - dark setting, lots of what appears to be metal that is eventually made out to be a batman symbol.






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