Sunday 9 October 2011

Film Opening - Wo Ist Fred?


The film opening of "Wo Ist Fred?" starts with the names of the producing companys on a blank black screen, then fast, happy music starts playing and the screen fades into the first shot of Fred in his car.
It is a mid shot him, wearing a protective helmet and looking fairly stressed.
The name of the actor, Til Schweiger, appears, to let the audience know that a famous actor plays in that film.
Fred turns on the radio and the reporter tells that a basketballgame is about to begin in a few minutes.  
While driving Fred starts changing his clothes, what makes the audience wonder where he comes from, why he is in such a hurry and if he is on the way to that game. 
The shots change between mid shots of him and long shots of the car that lurches about the road, because Fred is driving and getting changed at the same time.
While the radio reporter is still talking about the game and the music is still playing in the background, the location changes into a stadium. We see an extreme long shot of the court with cheerleaders dancing and the title of the film is blended in.
Names of other famous actors playing in the film are shown and the shot changes between Fred in the car and the cheerleaders on the court, what makes us know now that he is on the way to the game and that he's late.
Then the opening lets us know who Fred is probably going to meet at the stadium, because we see a long shot of a thickly boy sitting on a seat, and a woman walking towards him, sitting down next to him and handing him a huge cup with the Coca-Cola sign on it. The fact that she calls him "darling", buys him coke and then puts his basketballscarf around his neck makes the audience consider that she's his mum.
At the same time we wonder about the contrast between Fred, who drives an old car and obviously works as a builder, and the woman who's dressed rather fashionable. The shots change between Fred and the woman and the boy, who throws the whole cup away, because it's diet coke, what makes him already unlikeable for the audience.
We now see shots of the basketballteam running onto the court and then a close up of Fred rummaging around in his car and finally finding a case, at which he glances with relief. That makes the audience assume that he's going to aks the woman at the stadium to marry him, because the case looks like a ring case and Fred is now half-dressed in a chemise and a tie.
Next, we see a mid shot of the woman, glancing around with a searching look on her face; she's probably waiting for Fred.

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