The mood of the opening scene from Sweeney Todd, is a graphic, animated, gory opening, showing blood, London town and a barber shop. These images introduce the main ideas of the film, such as the main character, Todd, as the 'demon barber' who slits mens throats in the process of shaving their faces. Gory, I agree. The mood of all this is mainly brought out by- 1.) The colouring of the scene; the dark, dull, and stormy night with mist surrounding the city. - 2.) The music and sounds; the organ, eerie violins, and other string instruments.
The way that this thriller movie is different to others, is the fact that no other thriller movies have a barber who kills men in revenge of getting his wife and baby taken away from him in a crime he did not even commit. Yes, killing men becomes his addiction, therefore he does go overboard with his so called 'fun' business. The gory bits are extremely graphic and also make you feel ill as they are killing the men from their city, baking them into pies then selling the pies in Mrs Lovetts' business for the locals to eat to improve the business.
Great explanation of how the mood has been created in this opening scene. Also good that you have chosen which techniques to focus on. However, you still have A LOT of work to do. You need to look at the handout, exemplar and my blog to see what to include in your posts and get moving on this ASAP so you achieve this assessment.
ReplyDeletehow do I have a lot left to do? I targeted what i needed to explain.
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