My RESEARCH

Analysis of the Movie ‘CROSSOVER’ 3-4 min intro.

For my research for Main courcework i chose this movie to analyse. Some of my ideas for our courcework were based on this movie, before we came to a conclusion, because it has the same genre that we would like our movie to be and to see how does their into starts and how could we start ours.

The movie ‘CROSSOVER’ is about a naturally talented basketball player who wants to become a doctor. Starring: Wayne Brady,Antony Mackie and Philip Champion who's a professional Basketball/streetball player.

‘CROSSOVER’ starts with a pitch black screen and diegetic sound of someone walking and the noise of the car open. As we hear the door closes there is a close up of a face appears on the side mirror of the car showing the facial expression of the man. There is a jump cut used of the mans face in another mirror in the car. The music is upbeat and sets the mood and the representation of the man. There is a visual effect used in editing when the camera moves very fast toward the action. A tracking shot is used as the car moves. This is followed by a close up of the mans face in the car showing his facial expressions and letting the audience know that he might be the main character. There are some non-diegetic sounds as the visual effects are used, for instance when the camera moves fast towards where the car is going to move.
Sound mixing is used as the car moves, there are some background noise as well as the sound effects for example a background noise of people speaking.

During the movement of the car there is a reverse shot used and the sound effects and the same time, which makes the editing professional and very effective.
The camera moves up with a sound effect and then faces downwards which may be a birds eye view to follow the motion of the black car. As the car stops the title of the movie appears. The title is silver colour and the font used is very unusual, because the R at the end is extended to the beginning of the title. This makes the title unique and effective. The colour of the title is silver against the dark background which makes the font stand out and attracts viewers’ attention.

There are some visual effects are used after the title is dissolved. The camera moves fast as it the motion is fast forwarded, this effect is used to show the views a lot of detail and the location in small amount of time. There is another fast forwarded motion effect used as the character is walking down the corridor.
The camera follows the movement of the character and then there is a medium shot which makes him look powerful and the boss because he is standing up and the others are sitting down. There are some background noises used like the phone ringing and people speaking on the phone. The dialogue is used “Ring them up” also makes him the boss and powerful because he is controlling the people at the computers Camera moves into the computer screen showing the details of what is going on. There is a shot / reverse shot used shot of the man standing and then the motion back to the computer screen. This whole transition is happening in a short take and the camera moves very fast.

The camera moves slowly as new characters appear in the scene. The music used is very slow and classic which makes the character that is shooting the hoops relaxed and confident. There is an establishing shot used to show the detail and the location of the action happening. Close up is used to show that the ball went thought the hoop (basket).
An extreme close up of the phone is used to show the viewers the detail of who is calling and gives an effect of tension at the same time.
The conversation is followed by an establishing shot of a white building and the fast movement of the camera at the same time as sound effects.

When the second character answers the phone the camera closes up to his face showing his facial expression and disagreement with the 1st character ‘Tech’.

Overall the editing used in this extract is very professional and has a large range of transitions and cuttings.
The sound sets the mood and the representations of the characters of this movie intro. There are a lot of sound effects used as well as the background sound, sound mixing and diegetic and non- diegetic sounds are used.
Mise-en-esene is an important point to mention in every movie. The costumes used in this movie are intelligent, smart suit and modern sports wear and a basketball. The location sets the narrative from the beginning for instance one of the locations was a basketball court, which the narrative is about basketball player.
The camera shots and movements used in this extract are quite an important point to mention as well. There were some movement of camera for instance a tracking shot and some compositions are also used to make a good effect.

There is a similar type of movie genre in a film ' Coach Carter ' which i have looked at as well to make my research effective for the main task.

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