Analysing opening scenes-Into the storm

Into the storm-opening analysis

The opening starts off with four people in a car driving out in the middle of the country in a medium sized family car. The fact that they drive out into the middle of nowhere gives the audience its first sense of what the film is about. The audience know the films name (into the storm) and so can straightaway infer it probably has wind, rain and lots of damage. With the setting being set in the middle of nowhere and with the title's name being known before the movie even starts it means that the audience know that there is going to be a lot of action from natural forces such as a tornado, hurricane or a typhoon.

the opening shot of the film is a short shot of the two passengers in the front seat of the car. This means that people get an idea that these first lot of people might be the main characters of the film, however as the shots progress it makes the audience think back on their first original statement as the storm picks up in velocity. Once the storm gets closer and closer the shot type changes to a first person from the view of the man holding the camera. This makes the audience feel like they are actually in the movie scene and gives them a more diverse movie experience. The first shot we get of the tornado is a long shot in near pitch black darkness, the reason the director chose to use a long shot is because it can show more clearly the size and destructive force of the tornado. This is good because the long shot makes the tornado appear in aveil of darkness and so it is very hard to see. This is why the director chose to add in the electrical pylons short circuiting because it gives the audienc a quick glimpse of the tornado every few seconds almost as if there is a constant threat looming in the darkness. The fact that it is so well hidden is a typical action movie cliché because in action movies there usually is an unseen enemy causing havoc on the streets or to innocent people but the hero can't see them.

	Age:	%:	Gender:	%:	Class	%:

	4-6	0%	Male:	59%	AB	16%

	7-11	1%	Female:	41%	C1	42%

	12-14	9%			C2	29%

	15-24	59%			DE	13%

	25-34	13%

	35-44	9%

	45+	9%

From this table i can find out that the main age range that watched this film was the 15-24 year old. This may be because the action genre appeals to a younger audience who prefer all the explosions, natural disasters and destruction. The film was watched by mainly men with 59% of the audience being men. This shows that men are more likely to watch the horror genre than woman. This could be because it has a lot of violence in the movies, this contradicts with the stereotypical view of woman where they prefer a sappy  love romance.The middle class tended to like this film the most with 71% overall whereas the lower and upper classes didn't see it as much this could be because their tastes are maybe different. The violence could be a main contributor to a low interest rate from the upper classes because they maybe don't want to see as much of the destruction and violence as the middle classes who could probably aldo relate more to the characters as they are not rich or poor butare working class meaning the middle andworking class audience can relate more with the character shown on screen.