How spooks is established

In the first shot of spooks we are shown a funeral taking place which automatically sets a sad mood for us the audience watching. The background music in the clip is sad and slow which helps to connote the feeling of death. The tone changes slightly as the dialogue starts to where it seems to bring regret in the characters voices.

There are a couple of establishing shots to set the scene of the church and the feel of the weather in the clip. I also noticed close up shots of the characters that help highlight the emotion and feelings of the people we're seeing on screen during the funeral. The director has chosen to use choppy transition's and lots of quick editing in this opening to help the story flow and get going.

Film poster annotation

National Treasure uses Vladimir Propp's narrative theory

National treasure is a typical American adventure film with a race to find the gold first. It's based around the main character who is of course the hero of the film who from a little boy has been amazed by his families history and determined to believe what he's been told from his grandfather. During the film we meet his enemy, his sidekick and of course being a hollywood movie his love interest. I chose Vladimir Propp's theory as I felt it fits perfectly to this sort of film and below i have filled in each slot with a character from the film, to which they're all included.

The villen: Ian Howe
The hero: Benjamin Frankin Gates
The donor: Patrick Gates
The helper: Riley Poole
The princess: Abigale Chase
Her father: Sadusky
The dispatcher: Patrick Gates
The false hero: Ian Howe

Skins | Episode 8

Teenagers don’t matter. Teenagers only care for themselves. Teenagers are all addicted to drugs, alcohol and sex. Well… that’s what the media have decided for us. Skins is a TV drama that probably every young person up and down the country have seen and all said the very words ‘my life is nothing like that’. Skins worries the older generation but keeps the younger generation engaged with its laughs to its tears.