Our film opening represents different social groups through both the mise-en-scene and sound.
From the first scene we can see that the film is a western featuring stereotypical cowboys. We get this impression because of the mise-en-scene and sound. Added to this the addition of the horses-thought this part was hard to film this helped to make the genre clear as horses are one of the generic conventions of westerns. As a result of this when the audience see the horses the social group that they think of is cowboys.
Stereotypical cowboys Our cowboys
The setting for the first shot is an old shed at Nikki’s-we removed most of the stuff in it but we left some of the furniture in to make it appear as if it’s lived in.
We got the non-diegetic sound from Music for Videos . We found it on youtube by searching for copyright free western music. We then emailed the company asking for permission to use it stressing that it was solely for educational purposes and for no commercial gain.
Link to the music we used/where we found it:
I think this music helps convey the social groups in the film. This is as the music has definite connotations of cowboys and combined with the mise-en-scene of the first scene this clearly represents the social group to the audience and makes them aware from early on what the film is about.
Also the more specific social group of antagonists is represented though it is not apparent until the end of the opening that it is in fact the two men that are the antagonists.
Proficient evaluation.
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