Romance

The Time Travelers Wife BBFC 12 (2009)

Directed By

Robert Schwentke

Produced By

Brad Pitt

Nick Wechsler

Dede Gardner

Written By

Jeremy Leven

Bruce Joel Rubin

Audrey Niffenegger (Novel)

Starring

Eric Bana

Rachel McAdams

Ron Livingston

Music By

Mychael Danna

Cinematography

Florian Ballhaus

Editing By

Thom Noble

Studios

Plan B Entertainment

Distributed By

New Line Cinema

Release Date

August 14, 2009

Running Time

108 minutes

Budget

$39 million

Gross Revenue

$101,229,792 (worldwide)



Narrative

The narrative is about Henry who time travels into the past.

The Opening

The opening of the film starts off with some classical music, the next frame appears inside a car with a woman singing and her son Henry trying to sing. Unfortunately the car meets with an accident. However Henry somehow time travels back two weeks to his home where his mother is reading him a book, the camera takes a mid shot of the boy.

Narrative Enigma

The narrative enigma is, will Henry ever stop time travelling and will his daughter have the genetic disorder too.

Diegetic

The diegetic sound is of the two singing in the car.

Non Diegetic

The non diegetic are sound of the violin in the beginning.

Mystery

Sherlock Holmes BBFC 12 (2009)




Directed By
Guy Ritchie

Produced By

Joel Silver

Lionel Wigram

Susan Downey

Dan Lin

Screenplay By

Michael Robert Johnson

Anthony Peckham

Simon Kinberg

Story By

Lionel Wigram

Based On

Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle

Starring

Robert Downey, Jr

Jude Law

Rachel McAdams

Mark Strong

Music By
Hans Zimmer

Cinematography

Philippe Rousselot

Editing By

James Herber

Studios

Silver Pictures

Village Roadshow Pictures

Distributed By

Warner Bros. Pictures

Release Date

December 26, 2009

Running Time

128 minutes

Budget

$90 million

Gross Revenue

$523,029,864



Narrative

The narrative is about a London detective Sherlock Holmes and his partner Dr John Watson. When they have to go after Lord Blackwood, a person who is trying to portray himself as a powerful magician, it is up to Sherlock Holmes to prove that Blackwood is nothing more than a man, who uses science and wit to commit his crimes.

The Opening

The opening of the movie starts with a horse drawn carriage going past, the setting is at night. The camera is following the carriage; the camera catches up with the carriage and the next frame take place inside. We see Watson and a police officer; they are both arming themselves with guns and making sure they are loaded.

Narrative Enigma

The narrative enigma is, will Holmes be able to prove Blackwood wrong and will they be able to save his girlfriend.

Diegetic

Diegetic sounds are of the carriage moving.

Non Diegetic

The non diegetic sounds are of Sherlock’s theme tune a piano playing very intensely.

Musical

Mary Poppins BBFC U (1964)

Directed By

Robert Stevenson

Produced By

Walt Disney

Screenplay By

Bill Walsh

Don DaGradi

Based On

Mary Poppins by P. L. Travers

Starring

Julie Andrews

Dick Van Dyke

Karen Dotrice

Matthew Garber

David Tomlinson

Glynis Johns

Music By

Richard M. Sherman

Robert B. Sherman (Songs)

Irwin Kostal

Cinematography

Edward Colman

Editing By

Cotton Warburton

Studios

Walt Disney Productions

Distributed By

Buena Vista Distribution Co. Inc.

Release Date

August 27, 1964

Running Time

139 minutes

Budget

$6 million

Gross Revenue

$102,272,727







Narrative

The narrative is about a family, the Banks’ who are in need of a new nanny. The two children of the family make up a new advertisement to be published, with there own specification of what a nanny should be. But, the father disapproves of the advertisement and rips it up and throws it in the fire place. However what he didn’t know was the advertisement he ripped up, whether destroyed or not, can still reach Mary Poppins.

The Opening

The opening shows us London and the camera slowly moves to show us all of London from a birds eye view, of rooftops. While the camera is moving the opening titles start to appear in bright yellow, then we see Mary Poppins floating on a cloud with her carpet bag and her umbrella. The next scene goes to the park where we meet a man, represented as an over exaggerated,enthusiastic cockney ‘Jack of all Trades’ Bert who takes us to see the Banks family.

Narrative Enigma
The narrative enigma is, will the father and mother spend more time with their children and do fun activities.

Diegetic
The diegetic sounds are of Bert playing the one man show instruments.

Non Diegetic

The non diegetic sounds are of the music in the beginning and throughout the movie.

Horror

Horror – Sin City BBFC 18 (2005)

Directed By
Frank Miller

Robert Rodriguez

Quentin Tarantino (Special Guest Director)

Produced By
 Elizabeth Avellan

Frank Miller

Robert Rodriguez

Written By
 Frank Miller

Starring
 Bruce Willis

Mickey Rourke

Clive Owen

Jessica Alba

Benicio del Toro

Brittany Murphy

Elijah Wood

Rosario Dawson

Jaime King

Nick Stahl

Music By
 John Debney

Graeme Revell

Robert Rodriguez

Cinematography
 Robert Rodriguez

Editing By
Robert Rodriguez

Studios
 Troublemaker Studios

Distributed By
 Dimension Films

Release Date
 April 1, 2005

Running Time
124 minutes

147 minutes (Extended cut)

Budget
 $40 million

Gross Revenue
 $158,753,820

Narrative

Sin City is four narratives inter-weaved telling tales of corruption in Basin City. The first narrative is ‘The Customer is always right’, it is short, and is based on the depression of a woman, she has paid a man to feel loved when she commits suicide. The next narrative is Part 1 of “That Yellow Bastard” about a cop who needs to save a young girl from being raped. The third narrative ‘The Hard Goodbye’ features a man taking revenge on a heartless killer who murdered his one-night stand. The fourth narrative ‘The Big, Fat Kill’, which stars a man who must dispatch a cop's body, but it will be a tough job to do.

The Opening

The opening shows a whole city in black and white and only the woman’s dress is shown in colour, her back is turned from the camera. We see her walking on her balcony until she is just standing there all alone, whilst the voice of a man is narrating about the woman. In the next frame we see her face; the shot is a mid shot. We also see a man behind her walking towards the woman, the man is offering her a smoke and we find out that he is actually narrating, she turns around, the camera follows her and the shot turns into a shoulder reverse shoulder shot. She agrees to take the cigarette and the camera only films his and her hands. They start talking, he flirts with her; he starts to comment on her eyes and what colour they are and we see them changing from a dull shade to an emerald green which then change back. She turns around after he has lit the cigarette, he tells her she has to ‘face something’ and she replies back saying she ‘doesn’t want to face it alone’.

Diegetic

The diegetic sounds are of police sirens.

Non Diegetic

The non diegetic music is of a slow cool saxophone in the first narrative 'The customer is always right'.

Narrative Enigma

The narrative enigma is why does the guy kill the girl, will the cop save the girl in time, will the guy take his revenge for his one night stand lover and will he be able to dispose of the body without getting caught.

Fantasy

Howl’s Moving Castle BBFC U (2004)

Directed By
Hayao Miyazaki

Produced By
Toshio Suzuki

Written Screenplay By

Hayao Miyazaki

Diana Wynne Jones

Original Story

Diana Wynne Jones

Starring
Chieko Baishō

Takuya Kimura

Akihiro Miwa

Music By

Joe Hisaishi

Editing By
Takeshi Seyama

Distributed By

Toho (Japan)

Walt Disney Pictures

Release Date

November 20, 2004

Running Time

120 minutes

Budget

¥2,400,000,000

Gross Revenue

¥23.2 billion

USD$231,711,096 (worldwide)



Narrative

The narrative is about Sophie and Howl, Sophie is an ordinary hat maker and she gets cursed by an evil witch and she goes to Howls castle for help and Howl is a wizard that is very good at doing magic and he has 4 different identities to keep the different cities at peace but it goes wrong and he has to try to stop a war.

The Opening

The opening titles show heavy thick fog and we can hear something machine-like moving inside the fog, we see the camera taking different shots of what looks like a machine then when the fog clears up we see luscious green calm country-side and the rest of the machine moving up hill. The camera slowly moves up into the sky which then the title of the movie appears in yellow writing, then the camera goes back down and we see the houses of the city and a train track with a train coming in to the scene. The shot cuts to a window and then cuts to a young adolescent girl sewing, her back is turned from the camera, the next shot is taken over her shoulder to see what she is doing, she is sewing a hat and we can only see the hat and her hands sewing the hat. After this shot a young woman comes and asks Sophie (the young girl, we initially see), if she wants to go out with girls to a party. Sophie refuses the offer and decides to finish the hat and lock up the hat shop.

Narrative Enigma

The narrative enigma is, will Sophie ever get rid of the curse and how will Howl stop the war.

Diegetic

The diegetic sounds are of the castle moving and the sound of the train moving.

Non Diegetic

The non diegetic sounds are of the calm piano played at the beginning when introducing the title of the movie.

Family

Wall E BBFC U (2008)

Directed By

Andrew Stanton

Produced By

Jim Morris

Lindsey Collins (Co-producer)

John Lasseter (Executive)

Screenplay By

Andrew Stanton

Jim Reardon

Story By

Andrew Stanton

Pete Docter

Starring

Ben Burtt

Elissa Knight

Jeff Garlin

Fred Willard

John Ratzenberger

Kathy Najimy

Sigourney Weaver

Music By

Thomas Newman

Editing By

Stephen Schaffer

Studios

Walt Disney Pictures

Pixar Animation Studios

Distributed By

Walt Disney Studios Motion

Pictures Release
Date June 27 2008

Running Time

98 minutes

Budget

$180 million

Gross Revenue
$521,311,860






Narrative



The narrative is about a robot named Wall-E who is living on earth, he is the only functioning machine left of his kind, he was made and programmed to clean up the rubbish on the earth made by humans.


The Opening



The movie opens with shots of outer space, planets, stars, galaxies. The earth comes into shot; it looks decidedly unpleasant from space, more brown than green and blue. However the shapes of the continents are unmistakable. The camera zooms in towards North America past an impossible amount of space junk. The first 2 minutes of the opening uses a piece of music from an early 1950’s musical, it’s a happy upbeat piece in contrast to the sad state of the planet which is shown to be lifeless, full of rubbish left by human activity. The music fades leaving a desolate whistling wind; the camera angle is a bird’s eye view of various piles of rubbish. Wall-E comes in to shot speeding past with the same piece of music now echoing from the last scene. The camera follows Wall-E; the little unassuming robot zooms about doing its programmed job, which seems to entail gathering rubbish and crushing it into neat cubes which can be stacked. The only sign of biological life is a cockroach which appears to be a companion of the robot.



Diegetic


Diegetic sounds are of whistling wind, Wall-E’s movement and a transition of the opening title music alternating from diegetic to non-diegetic.



Non Diegetic


Non-diegetic sounds are of the 1950’s musical song.

Drama

Slumdog Millionaire BBFC 15 (2008)

 

Directed By

Danny Boyle

Screenplay By

Simon Beaufoy

Based On

Q&Amp by Vikas Swarup

Starring

Dev Patel

Freida Pinto

Madhur Mittal

Anil Kapoor

Ayush Mahesh Khedekar

Tanay Chheda

Irfan Khan

Rubina Ali

Tanvi Ganesh Lonkar

Azharuddin Mohammed Ismail

Ashutosh Lobo Gajiwala

Music By

A. R. Rahman

Cinematography

Anthony Dod Mantle

Editing By

Chris Dickens

Studios

Celador Films

Film4

Distributed By

Pathe Pictures

Fox Searchlight Pictures (US)

Warner Bros. (international)

Icon Entertainment International

Release Date

30 August 2008

Running Time

120 minutes

Budget

$15 million

Gross Revenue

$377,910,544

Narrative

Narrative is about a Muslim boy who lives in the slums and manages to win a million rupees.

The Opening

The opening shows a adolescent boy who looks scared, the camera is from the view point of an over the shoulder shot, smoke is being blown in his face then a reverse over the shoulder shot is taken showing a fat man smoking. The back ground light is yellow which we see him blowing smoke at the boy and also slaps him, at which point the scene goes black and text comes up which says ‘Jamal Malik is one question away from winning 20 million rupees how did he do it? The background music is the clock ticking theme from who wants to be a millionaire, the four options shown are A: he cheated B: he’s lucky C: he’s a genius or D: it is written. Next the scene is showing a bird’s eye view shot of Indian money being thrown on the floor, it goes back to a black scene which then comes to a games show about to begin and you can see the boy sitting nervously in front of a presenter of the Indian version of ‘Who Wants to be a Millionaire’.

Narrative Enigma

The narrative enigma in this film is how Jamal Malik manages to win 20 million dollars and will he ever find Latika (the love of his life) again.

Diegetic

The diegetic sound is of the orphans singing for money.

Non Diegetic
The non diegetic sound is of the music that is at the end of the movie

Documentary

 Sicko BBFC 12A (2007)

Directed By

Michael Moore

Produced By
Michael Moore

Meegan O'Hara

Written By
Michael Moore

Starring
Michael Moore

Distributed By
The Weinstein Company

Lionsgate (theatrical)

Release Date
June 22, 2007

Running Time
123 minutes

Budget
$9,000,000 US

Gross Revenue
$36,055,165



Narrative

The narrative is a documentary showing the downfalls of medical attention in America.

The Opening

The opening shows a man sewing up his own wound because he can’t afford to go to the hospital, which then follows a man telling us a story of how he lost his fingers and he could only get one of them sewn back on because having both of them sewn on would have cost him an amount that he could not afford.

Narrative Enigma

Narrative enigma is what is wrong with the American medical system? And what finger will the old man choose to get sewn on?

Diegetic

The diegetic sounds of the boat taking sick Americans to Cuba for medical attention.

Non Diegetic

The non diegetic sounds are of sad music following with the tragic stories people are sharing.

Crime

Ocean’s Eleven BBFC 12 (2001)

Directed By
Steven Soderbergh

Produced By

Jerry Weintraub

Written By

George C. Johnson

Jack G. Russell

Harry Brown

Charles Lederer

Scott Corwon

Ted Griffin

Starring

George Clooney

Brad Pitt

Matt Damon

Andy García

Julia Roberts

Bernie Mac

Don Cheadle

Casey Affleck

Scott Caan

Elliott Gould

Eddie Jemison

Shaobo Qin

Carl Reiner

Music By

David Holmes

Cinematography By

Steven Soderbergh

Editing By

Stephen Mirrione

Studios

Village Roadshow Pictures

JW Productions

Distributed By

Warner Bros.

Release Date

United Kingdom February 15, 2002

Running Time

116 minutes

Budget

$85,000,000

Gross Revenue

$450,717,150


Narrative

The narrative is that Ocean (Clooney) is a experienced thief, he chooses to rob a casino knowing full well that it is a very difficult task ahead but not impossible. We are given the impression here, that he deliberately takes on these impossible tasks, just for the mere challenge. So he gathers up a team to help him rob a casino hence the name Oceans 11.

Location

The movie is set in Las Vegas where Ocean intends to rob a casino owned by Benedict.

The Opening

The opening title begins with showing a room with an empty chair and George Clooney comes and sits down, a mid-shot angle is taken and we can hear he is being asked questions, we find out George Clooney’s characters name is Daniel Ocean. Next we learn that Ocean is in jail and there is a trial taking place to see if he will be released. We still don’t know what crime he has committed. And then at 1 minute and 36 seconds into the opening, music plays over the scene, in the style of representing something deceitful. Then he is asked ‘what will you do if you get out’? Then an extreme close up is taken of his face only with the music still going on. The next scene shows us he is being escorted out with a jail guard. We then see him walking for another 5 seconds and the scene cuts to seeing only his hand at an extreme close-up. He is holding an envelope with a wedding ring inside which he takes out, at this point the camera moves slowly up to his face, while the camera is moving we see him dressed in a suit. The camera then cuts to a medium shot showing the rest of him wearing a suit while he is quite happy look at the ring.

Diegetic

The diegetic sounds are of the casino and the slot machines giving the atmosphere of gambling, a sense to go in and have a go to win your millions.

Non Diegetic

Non diegetic sounds are of the Oceans 11 theme tune.

Narrative Enigma

The narrative enigma is, will they be able to rob the casino without getting caught?

Fact

Also in this movie everyone has one question for Ocean ‘your wife looks like Julia Roberts?’ The director made Roberts character quite a challenge because she had to act as if she wasn’t Julia Roberts.

Comedy

The Hangover BBFC 15 (2009)

Directed By

Todd Phillip

Produced By

Todd Phillips

Daniel Goldberg

Written By

Jon Lucas

Scott Moore

Todd Phillips

Jeremy Garelick

Starring

Bradley Cooper

Ed Helms

Zach Galifianakis

Heather Graham

Justin Bartha

Jeffrey Tambor

Music By

Christophe Beck

Cinematography By

Lawrence Sher

Editing By

Debra Neil-Fisher

Studios

Legendary Pictures

Distributed By

Warner Bros.

Release Date

June 5, 2009

Running Time

100 minutes

Budget

US$35 million

Gross Revenue

US$467,416,722






Narrative

The narrative for this movie is about 3 friends and a brother in law going to Las Vegas for a bachelor party, as the tile refers, they wake-up the following day from a night of drinking, and cannot remember what had taken place the night before. The comedic turn here is that during the un-recalled night of drinking, they have also lost the groom. So they go in search all over Las Vegas trying to rethink their steps, because the groom is going to be wed the same afternoon.



The Opening

The opening title of this movie is a slow sweep of the camera showing wedding preparations, people rushing about carrying food, flowers, decorations etc. Until the camera focuses on the bride, which is when we find out that the groom is missing. Which she is told over the phone from one of the grooms best friends, the news leaves the bride in shock. Her angry and partially panicking words are “you’d better find him”.



Narrative Enigma

The narrative enigma is where has the groom gone? And what the hell did they do in Las Vegas?



Diegetic

The diegetic sounds are of the cop car they stole.



Non Diegetic

Non diegetic music is played at the end showing what they did in Las Vegas, the music is fast and upbeat which goes with the Las Vegas theme.

Adventure

 The Mask Of Zorro BBFC PG (1998)

Directed By

Martin Campbell

Produced By

Steven Spielberg

Doug Claybourne

David Foster

Screenplay By

John Eskow

Ted Elliott

Terry Rossio

Story By

Ted Elliott

Terry Rossio

Randall Jahnson

Starring

Antonio Banderas

Anthony Hopkins

Catherine Zeta-Jones

Stuart Wilson

Music By

James Horner

Cinematography By

Phil Meheux

Editing By

Thom Noble

Studios

TriStar Picture
Amblin Entertainment

Zorro Productions, Inc.

David Foster Productions

Distributed By

Sony Pictures Entertainment

Release Date

July 17, 1998

Running Time

136 minutes

Budget

$96 million

Gross Revenue

$250,288,523

Followed By

The Legend of Zorro



The Opening

The mask of Zorro starts off with Zorro entering the scene. The background is black with only a peep hole of light; you can hear Zorro’s footsteps in the background momentarily. Then he comes into the scene with his sword to cut a big Z into the frame, thus showing the beginning of the title sequence.

Origin

This film is based on a Spanish myth.

Narrative Enigma

The narrative enigma for this film is, “who is Zorro and who will be the next to fight for California?”

Narrative

The character Zorro is seen as the town hero, he is reliable and he’s always there to help. He also marks the walls with the letter Z, to show his presence to the town people and for the villains to know he’s still alive.

Non Diegetic

Non-Diegetic music in this movie is Latin American and is mostly played when Zorro enters the room.

Diegetic

Diegetic sounds of people rioting and shouting which shows that something unjust is happening.

History

The movie is also portraying the war of Mexico’s independence.

Action



Wanted BBFC 18 (2008)

Directed By

Timur Bekmambetov

Produced By

Marc Platt

Jim Lemley

Jason Netter

Iain Smith

Written By

Chris Morgan

Michael Brandt

Derek Haas

Starring

Angelina Jolie

James McAvoy

Morgan Freeman

Common

Thomas Kretschmann

Konstantin Khabensky

Music By

Danny Elfman

Cinematography

Mitchell Amundsen

Editing By

David Brenner


Studios

Spyglass Entertainment

Relativity Media


Distributed By

Universal Pictures


Release Date

June 27, 2008

Running Time

110 minutes

Budget

$75 million

Gross Revenue

$341,433,252
 

Narrative

The narrative for this movie revolves around a seemingly pathetic tired man, who is stuck in a dead end job that he despises. Wishing he could quit, he also has a girl friend that is cheating on him with his best friend, and is on medication he feels that he can’t live without for his anxiety disorder. However, out of the blue he is being told that he is a son of a famous assassin a, rich assassin who has just died and he should follow in his footsteps and avenge his dad.

Origin

The movie is based on the “Wanted” comic books by Mark Miller.

Diegetic

The gunshot sounds come in when Fox (Angelina Jolie) is trying to kill a assassin in a drugstore.

Non Diegetic

Rock music is being played when James MacAvoy stands up for himself.

The Opening

The opening titles of this movie starts off with an alarm clock ringing and then you see James MacAvoy in bed trying to get up to go to work. While we are seeing, this he is also the voice over, narrating what’s happening. This movie also has fast cuts in some areas of the film for example, when showing a car chase with the shooting going on, the purpose of fast cuts is to make the viewer want to watch the following scene, the emotion you get when watching this is excitement.