Action Comedy

Opening scene. Comedy.

 I have chosen to analyse a comedy opening scene as it has influenced me and my group to do comedy. I am analyzing Ali G opening scene. The film Ali G is a parody comedy. Parody comedy means something created to mock, comment on or poke fun on at an original work.

The typography of the opening scene of Ali G is Bold and White. Bold and white signifies purity and innocence.

Mis-en-scene in this opening scene you can see that there is a lot of gangsters on the road where Ali G is driving and the whole point of the film Ali G is to mock gangsters. We see two girls that are really good looking and Ali G trying to save them from the gangsters and he does so. Also we see that the gangsters try to shoot Ali G however Ali G is trying to save the kid that is crossing the road so the kid does not risks his life and saves the kid. However it is all a dream of Ali G wanting to be like that.

There is a enigma code used in the film as the gangsters are shooting the audience think that Ali G or the kid is going to get shot however they do not know that it is all a dream.

The genre of this film is Parody Comedy. Parody comedy is something created to mock, comment on or poke fun on at an original work.

There is a really interacting sound track over everything that is happening, the sound track is a old school 1980 Jamaican song. The Jamaican song is chosen on purpose because Ali G dresses like a Jamaican and also puts on a Jamaican accent.

There is a lot of close up shots in the film Ali G as it is trying to show facial expressions to make people laugh also there is medium shots to show how tough people are and if they have a weapon, what they are wearing and all these things. The medium close ups are used to show anything that signifies gangsters as it is a gangster mocking film. In this film I haven't witnessed more then 2 long shots.

There is abit of editing in the opening scene as it is a scene where the main character is getting shot at as the whole audience will guess that the main character wouldnt die in the beginning scene. There is a effect used when Ali G is getting shot at and he blocks a bullet with a ring.

In conclusion I think that Ali G has a really good opening for the opening scene because it gives quite a good taster of how the film is going to be to the ones who never watched it. It suits the genre of parody and gives of a really funny emotion.

Response to the breif.

Response to the brief


My name is Sukru Agca, I attend the Bridge Academy sixform and I study Cisco, Politics and Media. The main reason why I chose media is because I love watching films and analyzing the representations and meanings of films.

This year I have been asked to create a short opening scene that lasts up to 2 minutes approximately in a group. My group has choose to do a comedy opening scene. I will explain a little about comedy in this paragraph. Comedy may be divided into multiple genres based on the source of humor, the method of delivery, and the context in which it is delivered. These classifications overlap, and most comedians can fit into multiple genres. For example, deadpan comics often fall into observational boom comedy, or into black comedy or blue comedy to contrast the morbidity or offensiveness of the joke with a lack of emotion. Comedies are lighthearted plots deliberately designed to amuse and provoke laughter by exaggerating the situation, language, actions, relationships and characters.

PRELIMINARY TASK

Preliminary Task.




My preliminary task was a brief to show my understanding of editing. This means I had to film where a character walks through a door and stands opposite another character and both characters have a couple of lines of dialogue. I needed to highlight my understanding of media by filming a match on action shot, shot reverse shot, and not break the 180 degree rule.

My preliminary video has been shortened to 30 seconds because of the app, Cute Cut.

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In the preliminary task I like the fact that I never broke the 180 degree rule also I met everything on the criteria by filming two characters opposite each other also both characters have a couple lines of dialogue. The task was hard to complete as it was my first time filming however I really enjoyed the task. Also at one point I broke the 180 degrees rule so in result I had to retake the film.

I understand all the rules of filming for example the 180 degree rule and the match on action. I am most proud of my over the shoulder shots as I think they are best taken. I have made a story board and made my preliminary video by the story board how ever I can't put my storyboard up on the blogger website.

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On the first time round of taking the film the things that went wrong was the 180 degree rule and the match on action.  So I failed it first time round however I retook the scenes that I failed so the preliminary can be at its best.

The one scene that didn't look right was the conversation between two characters. The 180 degree rule was broken so the shot looked wrong. However I am really proud with the framing of the shots that are taken because there is a right amount of head room this may be because there was a mid shot, close up and long shot.

The one tool that really helped me make my preliminary task even better is my iPad. The iPad helped me edit the movie and also put it back together. Also it was easy to record on the iPad although it was handheld it was really steady.

How I could improve my preliminary task is by adding more effects for example adding a sound track over the acting also there are a lot of jump cuts that could be sorted out. Furthermore I could have a better and wider set to film the classroom is really small and it is packet with tables and chairs.