When looking at film openings there are several that we looked at as a class; one of these was 'Dog Soldiers'. Watching this allowed me to see whether I liked this genre and what aspects of this film I liked enough to include in my two minute opening. 'Dog Soldiers' is an action/horror genre and it's sub genre is a werewolf movie. Several things that are used to connote this sub-genre are: a solid silver knife, the setting being in the woods, a full moon and howling.
There are several things i focused on while watching this; the conventions used and the narrative structure.
To help the audience understand the narrative structure there are uses of binary opposition. The main example of this is when there is evil and good. The audience are drawn to believe that the villain is the sergeant who kills the dog and the hero is the man who stands up to him. The use of the other group of characters in their tent allows the film to explore the todorovian stage of equilibrium. These characters experience a disruption when the werewolf attacks them, however before this everything was balanced and normal.
As the audience have a good understanding of the narrative structures this is a good way of keeping the audience involved and also captivated. These effects allow the audience to predict in their minds the rest of the story.
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