Slow motion

Slow motion is used throughout the opening sequence. It gives the audience a sense of the time passing and what the character is feeling. On a simple level it allows the audience to take in what is happening in the opening titles and it allows them to have enough time to look at the titles and watch the sequence as well. I believe this factor alone gives it a very strong advantage, but this was not the only reason we used it, as it has a much deeper meaning to the film. Much like the director ‘Rian Johnson’ in the Breaking Bad drama we plan use colour to express the mood or feeling of the characters. Slow motion in our sequence is used to show how the character is feeling, this being, bored, dull and waiting. Not only does this reflect his emotion but shows how his life is. This young boy is bored of life, he is trapped in the dull loop and most of all he is waiting for something to happen. Among many other meanings to this film, this is one too, the youths as a whole are ‘over grown’ as it were, they expect more from life, which life does not offer. They look for excitement to bring new colour to their lives, this excitement comes from drugs, crime and a number of other negative things in the world. Just one little effect in our film (slow motion) has this whole other meaning and reflects why the youths of today behave as they do.