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Textual Analysis of a Film Opening:  Bridge To Terabithia Bridge to Terabithia tells the story of Jesse Aarons (Josh Hutcherson) and Leslie Burke (Anna-Sophia Robb) and their vivid imaginations, creativity and their growing friendship as they face evils in their everyday lives, such as facing a bully or Jesse's strained relationship with his Dad. The film uses special effects and drawn animation to create a whimsical world that draws audiences in and keeps them invested. 1) Conventions The opening of 'Bridge to Terabithia', firstly, adheres to general film conventions by including the logo animations for two production companies involved with the development at the beginning of the opening, these being Walt Disney Pictures and Walden Media. The clip starts with an opening establishing shot of what we presume is our main character's house, outside of which is a truck and a small green house. From this visual information, and the size and architectural st...

Influences Overall Film Influences 'Ramona and Beezus' (2010) Synopsis: 'An adventurous young girl uses her imagination to escape her reality, that is quickly spinning out of reach.' Ramona and Beezus was the film that primarily inspired our project. The idea of imagination and childhood wonder was a motif we strongly wanted to represent in our film opening and Ramona and Beezus tells a story about that very idea. Ramona as a character is quirky and endearing and we wanted our characters, Amelia and Henry, to be just as charming and likeable. On this note, we wanted to include a strong sibling relationship between the characters, which we believe we achieved as the actors, Sadie and Vinnie, claimed that the dialogue was similar to the way that they 'usually' spoke to each other. We were also inspired by the playground Ramona is seen playing in at the beginning of the film; we too filmed our opening in a park, however instead of a school playground...

Textual Analysis of a Film Opening: Ramona and Beezus ' Ramona and Beezus ' tells the story of Ramona Quimby and her various unsuccessful plans to keep her life and family together, such as trying to help her Dad, Robert, earn money after he loses his job and trying to wash her neighbour's car. The film utilises the theme of childish wonder and imagination to take moments outside of the reality of the film and show the audience what Ramona, as a 9-year old, is seeing, creating various scenes that use animation and creative licence in an endearing, memorable manner.  1) Conventions The first part of the sequence we see follows convention as it presents the film company logos of the various companies involved in production, in this case they're '20th Century Fox' and 'Walden Media'. The opening then proceeds into show ing the film title 'Ramona and Beezus'. The audience can then assume that 'Ramona and Beezus' are characters in the ...