The Day After Tomorrow; disaster thriller

i have analysed the opening of the movie however this is the trailer for the movie.

mise-en-scene: in this opening we see a lot of clear ice which may represent the peacefulness of the area before we see the people who are drilling, this may show that they are unaware of the dangers ahead, this opening is typical of a disaster movie as it starts with an equilibrium which is halted by a problem which has to be solved somehow.

Themes: the main film in this is clearly a disaster is going to happen in some way, this causes as sense of curiosity because of this enigma created making the audience curios of what will happen. Another possible theme is that of fear because the audience see how small the people are compared to what happens which makes them think that nature has the power over the humans.

movements and angles: we see a high angle shot of the ice and also the water which shows us where the opening setting is and also we see why they are there with a close up on the drill which may be the cause of the damage we see, we also see a long shot of the man almost falling down the ice cliff which is created from the cracking of the ice this shows how small he is compared to the cliff and also we see a bird’s eye view of the equipment falling down the cliff which shows how dangerous the position they are in is and that it could have been them which we see through the close up and expression of one person’s face.

Editing: we see a number of straight cuts throughout this clip when the danger begins because these straight cuts show the pace of what is happening and the danger that surrounds them, we also see a number of jump cuts into the people which shows there expression and fear of what is happening around them.

Sound: at the start of the extract we here calm music which suggests the nature of what is happening and that everything is under control giving a sense of relaxation to the audience before we here the emphasised sound of the ice cracking beneath them creating a very fast change is atmosphere because we see more panic in the characters and also the change in music to a more upbeat sounds intensifies this idea that they are in danger and something bad is happening.