-The first still shows silhouettes of a battle. It is presented in a kind of comic style. There's an orange, black and grey colour scheme apart from the red blood shown where the arrow has gone through the man on the horse. Immediately there's a sense of chaos and death, and this being at the beginning of the film sets the scene and tone of the film immediately.
-The next still has the same colour scheme. There's a black silhouette of something with some opening credits shown in red symbolizing blood, and the shot has red 'blood' splattered over it insinuating that the film is very gory and immediately giving the audience a glipse of what sort of film it is and what the audience has in store.
-Yet another silhouette dominates the next still, this time of a soldier holding a shield and spear standing in front of the moon, yet again with the screen covered in splattered blood further confirming the blood and gore still to come in the film. The way the mans posed in front of the moon showing only his silhouette and just enough of him clearly to see he's wearing a distinctive spartan helmet; in a way heroically idolising them.
-The next still is a title shot. It has a very simple colour scheme with a black background and red gory letters spelling "300" giving off a very sinister effect. The very simple title, colour scheme and layout of this shot magnefies the effect given off by it, and creates a very simple effect pleasing to the eye.
-The next still is of a vague silhouette of soldiers shooting bow and arrows, one arrow with a strange looking design, which along with the vague silhouettes creates a kind of abstract feel to the still and makes the audience think at first as to what it could be. their shooting into a bright yellow background which yet again portrays a sense of mystery to the audience. In the bottom left hand corner, are some small credits yet again following the text colour scheme of red to further connote blood and gore. It is very small and should be hard to notice and not the focus of the still, but it being on top of the black background of the silhouette, makes the red from the credits stand out just enough to attract the audiences attention. The colour scheme consists mainly of black and yellow with dark grey patches in the background, and although the still may look complicated, the colour scheme makes it simple enough to appear easy to the eye.
-The next still is the silhouettes of battles, and as the audience probably can guess at this stage, it includes a lot of blood and gore with blood splattering out of the shadows of battle, which further connotes the bloody nature of the film. The background has changed from the previous still with the yellow background to a half orange and half grey one. Yet again it is a very abstract background challenging the audience as to what it could be. The silhouettes include bodies flying and spears thrust into the air which clarifies what type of film this is going to be. Like the previous still, there are some red credits in the same bloody font in the bottom left hand corner of the still which has a black background from the shadows.
-The seventh still is a clear silhouette of a spartan soldier holding a sword and shield. You can distinguish the mans helmet similar to the one in the third still, as a spartan. He's standing in front of a yellow tinted with orange background, keeping to the distinctive colour scheme as in the previous stills. Yet again red credits written in a bloody font are presented on top of the silhouette of the soldier making it stand out and look important to the audience despite their small size.
-The next still is dominated by drops of red blood on the screen all the while keeping to the kind of comic effect of the still. The still is also riddled with spears pointing everywhere and vague silhouettes of the soldiers fighting, a little to vague to distinguish what is going on but enough information from the blood and the spears to know that a battle is going on. As it is the second from last still, they show no actual credits as I think they try to make the ending look more epic than the previous stills as they want to raise tension and excitement before they end the opening credits.
-The last still has just a plain black background with red text on it written in the bloody font which has been used. As it is the last still they've calmed the feel of the opening down in preparation for the start of the film, although they still have some blood splattered onto the plain background to keep the gory feel of the film alive.
The colour scheme used mainly consists of black, red and yellowy orange. This helps set the scene for the film, as red commonly connotes blood, gore and violence; black commonly connotes death and the yellowy orange used for the background of the shots is a plain colour close to red which helps set the scene. The credits are written in very small red text however is very noticeable and demands attention as they are always presented in front of a black background. These stills are full of killing and blood which gives a glimpse, and confirms the bloody nature of the film to come.
No comments:
Post a Comment