The film Jungle book is mainly based on action animated genre which you can tell from the plot of the story and also on 0:30 second and 0:35 it tells us that it is brought from the same studio that created Pirates of the Caribbean and the same director of Iron Man which were action based films. It is also targeted on younger people as it is made by Disney which tells us it is not going to be a horror film.
The media institution of the film Jungle Book is Disney which is shown at the beginning of the trailer. The music builds up dramatically creating suspense throughout the trailer by stopping when the snake starts to talk and playing again when he doesn't.
In the first long shot we see the boy which is surrounded by trees and all alone suggesting to us that he is the main character. At the end
The editing of the scenes is longer at the beginning and as the tension rises the shots get shorter and also when the shots cut the music cut is well creating tension.
The targeted audience are younger people as it is made by Disney, also the main character is a small boy which an refer which may connect to the audience. This trailer also has talking animals which shows that is targeted at young audience.
-To answer this question I will be looking at camera shots, the use of sound and music and the use of editing.
-Other important technical codes include: Special effect (CGI-Computer Generated Imagery), pyrotechnics (technical ways to make explosions), lighting, props and clothing.
-Mise- en scene- is a term which means everything inside the camera frame.
How important are the technical codes in this scene for creating genre?
1)-Music is very important to creating the genre of action adventure. In this sequence as the music gets more dramatic the scene builds up more tension, as the scene starts the music is low and sad, and describes the feeling of the bear's character. Also the boy's character as he is sad to go, however the music also builds up tension as we know something may happen if Mowgli is alone in the jungle. The music is really important in keeping the suspense of the action adventure genre moving forward. As the boy runs away and climbs on the tree, taking himself into more danger, the music builds and starts to get faster. Before Mowgli is about to get captured the music stops. This also increases tension. Joel Silver, an action film producer explains how he creates action film using what he calls 'whammos' every 10 minutes, in between the action he says he uses a 'zinger' which is a short joke or humor. In this scene we see the use of humor as the monkey mocks the human boy, before an action sequence starts up, suddenly the music strikes a loud chord and starts up again as Mowgli is picked up and thrown through the trees. The pace of the music is fast and is timed to a heart beat, during an action sequence the audiences 'hear' will eat at the same time as the music.
-The sequence starts with a mid close up shot on the main character washing himself in the river. We can tell from the props and the location that this film is in a jungle or an unfamiliar place the action adventure film is usually st in an charters undertaking journeys and quests in unusual locations.Then we have a shot reverse sequence of Mowgli and the bear talking. This shot reverse shot is used for conversations in films and TV. When the bear tells Mowgli he has to leave the jungle the action adventure theme is pushed forward. The camera shot changes to high angle shot on Mowgli when he finds out that he must leave the safety of living with the bear the high angle shot which makes Mowgli looks vulnerable and small. The high angle tells the audience that some action/adventure sequence is about to start again. We have a sot reverse shot again but now the bear is shown in close up getting more and more annoyed with Mowgli to push him to leave and Mowgli is shot in a hang angle shot pleading with the bear to stay . This sequence is building up tension again? Will Mowgli stay? Will he have to leave?
Enigma Code: The enigma is a puzzle or mystery that has to be in every story
-At the point in the scene where the bear is pushing Mowgli to leave- there is another enigma code or puzzle now- because the audience is thinking what will happen to Mowgli? So the shot reverse shot sequence builds up tension and also pushes the mystery of the action adventure story forward. The next shot is a long shot of Mowgli running away, and we know the next part of the adventure is about to begin, We see Mowgli in long shot climbing a huge tree the location of the jungle is important in this sequence and the location is the most important part of the action adventure genre. This shot is from the POV of the bear and the panther. They watch Mowgli as he climbs up the tree. Then we see Mowgli's POV (point of view shot from high up the tree as he sits along in CU. So the CU shot shows us that he is alone). Typical adventure character.
Humor/ pause sequence
- While Mowgli is up on the tree there is the humor/joke pause filmed in a two shot with the monkey's character.
-An action film has an action sequence every 10 minutes and a humorous sequence in between the action sequences in this case the two shot between Mowgli and the monkey which is a joke for he audience before the next action sequence begins.
-As the action sequences begin- we see Mowgli from a POV ( pint of view shot) from the panther and the bear as they try to run after him to save him.
