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What does Thomas Sutcliffe mean when

he says “films need to seduce their audience into long term commitment.

While there are many types of

seduction, the temptation to go for instant arousal is almost irresistible”?



By this I think Thomas Sutcliffe means that it’shuman nature to have immediate

gratification in life generally, and so the sameapplies when watching a film. The audiencewant to understand the plot instantly so the

film must do its best to add interestingsegments to keep the audience ‘seduced’

until the end without making the plotpredictable or giving it away.



According to Director Jean JacquesBeineix, what are the risks of „instant

arousal‟?



According to Director Beineix, the risks of

‘instant arousal’ is having to answer thequestion of ‘what to do next’ and

actually risk not answering it seeing asyou started the film off strong, and this

could then mean that the rest of the filmwon’t be able to outstand the opening

itself.



Explain why “a good beginning must make the audience feel that it doesn’t know nearly enough yet,

and at the same time make sure that it doesn’t know too little”?



A good beginning must make the

audience feel that it doesn’t know nearlyenough yet and at the same time makesure that it doesn’t know too little so that

there is a balance in giving them

enough to make them interested but nottoo much which should leave them

wanting to know more.



What does critic Stanley Kauffmanndescribe as the classic opening? Why

does this work?



The opening that Kauffmann describes asclassic is one that begins with an establishing

shot of New York City (from the east) whichthen leads into a CU of the building, with thecamera tilting up then goes into the window,

etc. and this is effective because in a few

seconds we’re told where the location is, whatthe occupation of the hero is and also the

organisation of the world, everything is in placewhich portrays an ideal world in the film.



Why is Kyle Cooper‟s title sequence tothe film Seven so effective?



Cooper’s title sequence to the film‘Seven’ is so effective because it tunes

the audience to the right tone of the filmand pinches them to wake up for what isgoing to happen. It is also the first thing

the audience sees and so it tells the storyof the main character’s obsession and

foreshadows the actual film.



What did Orson Welles want to achievewith his opening to the film A Touch of

Evil? What did Universal Studios do to it?Why?



With his opening to ‘A Touch of Evil’, OrsonWelles wanted the audience to plunge

right into his film without any credits, titlemusic or time to prepare themselves.

Universal Studios put a score (background

music written specifically to accompanya film) and credits in the final cut

because they didn’t understand thepicture and this lost the effect.



What is meant by “a favourite trick of Film Noir ”? What is the trick?



A favourite trick of ‘Film Noir’ is to have thebeginning of the film look more like an ending

rather than a beginning and it is meant toportray a destination instead of a departure.Sort of like looking ahead at what is to come

and if the audience fail to understand this thefirst time, then it becomes more clear when

watching it a second time.



How does the opening to the film „TheShining‟ create suspense?



The opening to the film ‘The Shining’ creates

suspense by using various shots such asbirds eye view, and tracking the car from ahigh angle, like a predator. These types ofshots tell us the characters are travelling in

the wrong direction which then forces theaudience to continue watching in order to

find out what’s going to happen next.

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