Another analyse of a film opening, the Bank job

Analysis of The Bank Job

The bank Job is very much so a crime caper with an ensemble cast, as there are many protagonists within the film. A bunch of criminals who all play the part in a major bank robbery. The Bank Job is inspired by an extraordinary true event - a daring robbery that took place in the 70's, with a bank haul valued higher than the 'Great train robbery'. Jason Statham plays a character called Terry and he is the main man of the criminal gang. Jason Statham plays the role of a good confident leader an sets up a great bank robbery.

I am going to analyze the Bank job and talk about the micro areas which are: editing,Camera,mise en scene, special effects and sound.

The opening sequence doesn't really establish that there is going to be a bank robbery, you have to watch further in too establish this. the beginning also does not establish the ensemble cast but when going you start to meet a number of characters whoa re all working on the same job.

The film kicks things off with the song 'T-Rex get it on'. This makes the start of the film seem happy and fun but the song is deceiving as when there are two people having a sex scene there is someone taking pictures of two mysterious people having sex. These pictures then come up as being a major event of the film at these pictures create a huge chaos. when the man is taking the pictures, over the music is the sound of each picture being taken, this is to establish to the audience that the man is taking more than one photo. After the ex scene then goes on to a car shop. as this film is based in the 1970's the car shop is old fashioned selling old vintage cars. The music is then overpowered by the sound of a drill. The drill turning to show that someone is working on something, in this case someone is cheating and showing that the mileage on cars is low so they will sell better. This establishes to the audience that this car dealership is bad and they do everything for money.

There were a mix of camera shots within the opening sequence, varying from long shots to pan shots. The camera shots really work and in this case work well to establish things within the opening sequence. E.G the mid shot of the car dealership, just establishes to the audience that it is a car dealership by showing off the cars and the name of the car dealership.

The lighting in this intro is bright and a cloudy as it is in the day time,