Micro Elements in the opening for “Night at the Museum”

By Ryan Gurney

The first shot is a tilt. This is used to show to the audience that it is

starting to get dark. It also shows that the film is going to take place at night.

They use a panning shot and a extreme long shot to show the

audience where the film is based.

This shot is another tilt to show the front of the museum as well as the inside of the museum

lighting up. This shows that something happens in there at night. This builds up a sense of

mystery to what happens at night.

They zoom out so they can show us all of the dummies in thier uniforms which

means that they could come into the story later in the movie. They also show all the dummies together with a medium shot

They used a long shot to show the massiveness of the statues and

also the room.

They do a zoom into an extreme close up on the Easter Island head to make the audience feel scared because of it

being so big.

They show a close up of the monkey to make the audience get

emotional because the monkey looks cute and sad.

They zoom in to the skeleton to make the audience scared of it because it is a T-rex skeleton.

• They use a track to show you the man riding the horse, this shows the horse and rider from all angles to the audience.

Non Diegetic

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P6UmCAEPKMg through the opening they use this music. They use this to build up a sense of mystery and tension. This makes the audience want to know what is going to happen.

Pace

• The opening goes at a slow and steady pace so it is able to build up a sense of mystery and tension. It makes us ask questions about what is going to happen and a sense of what might happen.

Mise en scene (Setting, costume, figure expression, props)

The set looks like a museum to make it look authentic to the audience. The costumes they used make the actors look like they are the exhibits . They use props which make it look like actual artefacts.