Watching documentary questions
1. What does Thomas Sutcliffe mean 'Films need to seduce their audience into long term commitment. While their many types of seduction, the temptation to go for instant arousal is almost irresistible ?
Sutcliffe means that films need to lure the audience into watching the whole film. The audience need to click with the film from the beginning, instantly rather than later on the film.
2. According to Jean Jacques Beineix what are the risks of 'instant arousal' ?
The risks of 'instant arousal' is that the instant excitement might not be able to sustain throughout the whole film. Might be able to find anything as exciting as the beginning.
3. Explain why ' a good beginning must make the audience feel that doesn't know nearly enough yet, and at the same time make sure that it doesn't know too little'.
An audience must not know too much as they will get bored of the film as they already know what is going to happen, however they shouldn't know too little because this will mean that they did not get the film, or understand the film.
4. What does critic Stanley Kauffmann, describe as the classic opening? Why does this work?
When the film began with an establishing shot in New York City, shot from the left, a close up of a building going up the building and in a window and went pasta receptionists desk and there sat Carey Grant. This works because you find information and the background of the film without any dialogue such as the occupation of the hero or where it was based.
5. Why is Kyle Coopers title sequence for seven, so effective?
Kyle Coopers title sequence for seven was effective because ....
6. What did Orson Welles want to achieve from his opening to 'a touch of evil'? What did Universal Studios do to it? Why?
7. What is meant by ' a favourite trick of Film Noir' ? What is the trick?
8. How does the opening to the film the shining create suspense?
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