Deconstruction Of The Titles-3.2 V for Vendetta

Relationship to sound.

V for Vendetta begins by drawing the viewers attention into the film by using dramatic music, based around the horror/thriller types of music. With relationship to sound, the film begins by using a voiceover that is of Natalie Portman explaining the history of Guy Fawkes and the gunpowder plot, in the Houses of Parliament, in the form of a recap. This is an important part of the extract because the target audience are drawn into the film and are also informed of the history behind the film. The use of the opening music connotes action which in turn creates excitement, to grab the target audience. The historic beginning of the film is particularly interesting because it develops the users understanding of the meaning of the film and is very literate, which is in reference to V speaking in alliteration. The diegetically intended 'swoosh', which is seen after the voiceover has finished, accompanies the flames that are seen on the screen. This is a good use of CGI which also draws the target audience attention to the film. The music that covers the beginning of the film takes time to build as the tension increases, which creates a more focused understanding of the film. With relationships to the images on the screen, the sound compliments the film well and challenges the viewer to understand more of what the film is to be about. Overall with relationship to sound the film's music by nature, is often dark and forbidding, with a strong under current of emotion which is why it has a strong target audience.

Symbolism

The use of symbolism in the film is well placed in many areas, but can be interpreted well with the film's target audience. The major symbol in the film is obviously the V For Vendetta logo which symbolises anger and corruption in the form of the way it has been written. The font used for the V seems to be very bold along with only the actual V letters being in capital letters. This is used because it is trying to draw the viewers attention to the importance of the letter V. The most obvious message stands behind the symbol of the V. During V's first appearance on camera, he gives a V-packed monologue that basically describes his purpose and mission throughout the film - a plan to take down the totalitarian government that has destroyed his country and a personal vendetta against those who imprisoned and disfigured him. The V is constantly brought about in obvious and subtle ways to continually remind the viewer of the mission and justify V's murderous and terrorist tactics as an acceptable means of carrying out his work. Another way in which symbolism is shown in the title is the V in flames, in a circle of fire. This then fades into red words of the title of the film. In my opinion the flames in a circle symbolise a link to the gunpowder plot and a link towards the image of a phoenix. in the form of the way the V is shaped around the flames. V could be seen as the second reincarnation of the gunpowder plot because of his views on Guy Fawkes. The red letters that are seen at the title of the film are emphasizing danger and anger.

Technical Construction

The technical construction at the beginning of the film is mainly in CGI, for example where the flames of the title sequence seem to be in the form of a computer generated image. This computer generated image shows that the film is of a higher budget, because of the already extensive use of expensive CGI. Other forms of technical construction in the text seem to be that the film's title sequence was firstly done by story boarding the titles and text fonts. The fonts seem to be of computer made and the flames are in a CGI. The font, which is in a very dark red colour, is in CGI, probably to attract the audience and to make the font seem much more professional. Overall the CGI used in the film is very neat and is a useful tool when making film titles.

Research and Planning 3.1 Preliminary Task 2009

We began by assigning each other with different roles to play in our opening sequence, which was all about the theme horror. Mohammed was given the task of acting , along with Idris and i was given the role of cameraman. We did not have an overall director because we all had input into what shots/scenes we wanted to use and make. We began by find a specific room which had to consist of being dark and mysterious along with there being a small space to work in, which would emphasize the theme of horror. We had chosen the film Saw II, which Mohammed and Jodie would be watching during the filming exercise because of its use of horror and explicit scenes of torture.

When we began filming we started with an over the shoulder shot of Idris walking into the room and going through the door to where Mohammed was sitting. We used this shot to show that maybe someone was watching Idris and he was being followed into the room that he was going into. We then chose the shot of Idris twisting the door handle and switched the camera view so that we were in the room that Mohammed was watching the film in. This created an air of scariness and suspense which we tried to show on Mohammed's face but failed to. When Idris had opened the door it created a more surprising scenario which we intended from the start. The shot that followed was that of an over the shoulder shot from Mohammed's view speaking to Idris, whilst watching the film at the same time. This shot was extremely hard to get right because of two factors. The first factor was that light from the window behind the two actors was slightly visible on the shoulder of Mohammed but we managed to defeat this problem by sellotaping the blinds to the window frames. The second factor was that of both of the actors in which they could not stop laughing and found it hard to say their lines properly.

The next shot was that of a 'double' over the shoulder shot from which both of them were watching the film. This was then followed by Idris leaving the room in which we made use of a mid shot. The camera view then changed to Idris leaving the room and walking towards the door. However there was a slight problem in which the camera was visible in the window of the room that had just being exited. This problem was overcome by me standing further back, which created another problem in which Mohammed's bag was visible in the shot. This error could not be deleted because we only saw the error whilst watching the whole playback again.

In the filming process we learnt that emotion could be shown very well on the camera and that that the camera picked up event the smallest error which we as a group could not see. The use of many varieties of different shots in the exercise were also beneficial because we learnt that we could not only stick to the same conventional types of shots throughout the exercise because this would create a aura of boredom towards our audience. We also learnt that listening to each others views and thoughts would benefit our final product because of the input from all of us. We also learnt that using many different mise on scene variables, this would improve the different shots in the filming process. However some parts of the task were difficult because we did not make a properly done storyboard and only had a vague idea, so we had to variate some of the scenes and shots we had in mind. The technology used during our filming was the camera, a computer and the Saw DVD, which was viewed on the computer because finding a television with a DVD player was relatively hard.

Overall the exercise did benefit us because we were able to work independently as a group which meant that we had say in everything that we would produce.