Film Techniques - Cruel intentions.

What type of techniques did the director use?

Music;  This song - Every You Every Me, by Placebo - created the happy mood at the beginning of the scene. It is a feel good kind of song, one you might want to sing or dance too aswell. It fits well in this scene because it makes you want to keep watching it. It also fits in with the scene because the lyrics tell a story. To me the lyrics fit in with the whole movie.

Character Performance; The beginning has two main characters in it, Sebastian and the Councillor. We immediately know whos who. The councillor is the authoritive figure, shes asking Sebastian how he feels, giving him advice. This helps to create a tense mood. You know that its a serious situation, but with Sebastians humor, it takes away the seriousness of the "being at a concillors."

Shot Movement,Camera Angle; The beginning of the film, Sebastian is in his car going down the highway. The camera kind of dives in onto it and into his face. The camera then moves away and does a pan of the city. This creates the happy mood we see, and the interesting mood. It makes us want to keep watching to see what will come next. Its a nice scenic view aswell. It shows us the city and how beautiful it is.

Lighting and Colour; The lighting in the scene is very bright coloured. The lighting contrasts well with the sunny day because the colors you seen in scene are light colors that reflect the sun quite a lot. It makes it look like a nice pleasant scene rather than a more darker, full on movie. It almost is a surprise for the audience.

Link to the beginning (:

Sorry about the name... its meant to be CRUEL Intentions but the only good link was this one!

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x54zkt_sex-intentions-part1_shortfilms

Its basically the first 5 minutes. So yeah. (:

Genre/Atmosphere.

What tone/mood has the directer of this film created?

The mood and tone of this opening is quite a happy one, yet it is rather serious. The opening scene has nice music which you could easily dance too. The weather in the opening is sunny and hot. The sky is blue and theres birds flying everywhere. Sebastian has a serious look on his face suggesting he is off to somewhere important, which he is, he is heading to the concillor. The camera does a pan of the city, across all the tall buildings and over the highway. It shows the beautiful city of New York. Its a very glorious, joyful opening, yet it has that tinge of serious and a bit of tension too.

Cruel Intentions!

I chose the movie "Cruel Intentions" because it is one of my favourite movies. It has amazing actors in it and has a wonderful strory line.

This movie based on a bet that step brother and step sister, Katheryn and Sebastian, make. Katheryn makes the bet that Sebastian won't be able to get in bed with Annette. Annette is a young virgin who wants to wait untill love. If Katheryn wins shes gets Sebastians Jaguar, if Sebastian wins, he gets Kathryn.

Sebastian has a reputaion. This reputation includes sleeping with lots of girls. Getting them in bed and then never talking to them again. His line; "You have killer legs. I'd love to photograph them." He needs to keep this reputation up, so the bet is made on Annette because her father is going to be the new Principle at their High School. Sebastian thinks this will be great for his reputation and will be his "greatest victory yet."

The opening is really good, because it has a really funky song playing the background. The beginning part shows a pan across New York City. It shows the motorway and the car that Sebastian drives going along it. It really drew me in because the song and the scenery was a good mix together that really went well as a combination. After that, it then has a close up of Sebastians face, but upside down. It pans out and shows that he is in an office with a councillor. He is in the counciller talking about his current "reputation." Sebastian is saying lines like, "I'm a fool." and "I can't feel sorry for myself because i'm some poor little rich boy." He doesn't really mean it, he is only trying to make the councillor feel sorry for him and is trying to make the her think he is going to stop all his "bad habits." Really it is just an act. He goes on to tell her she has killer legs and he would love to photograph them, and then tells her that was the old him and he has changed. You can tell Sebastian is putting on an act because of the way he says things. He says them almost like he means them but instead with sarcastic tone. The character of Sebastian is a very unique one. He is a charming young man, very smart, good looking, but with a bad reputation that he likes to upkeep.

The opening scene fits in with the rest of the movie, because of two things. You see Sebastian driving his car, the one that plays a big part in the whole movie but especially in the bet. The next part of it when hes in the councillor fits in perfectly too, because you see Sebastians character very clearly. You automatically know he is a flirt because of the way he is with when hes with the councillor.

My Auntie suggested I watch this movie, becasue it is also one of her favourites. The thing that appealed to me most about this movie was the actors in it and the story line. When i read the back of the DVD, I was automatically into it. When I started watching it, I really enjoyedthe characters and what their personalitys were like and also the music. I really enjoyed this movie a lot.