Opening two minutes analysis

Opening two minutes analysis

 

 

Les Miserables

 

In the opening two minutes of Les Miserables, it already proves that this is a musical. This is because the music is in the prologue and continues into the opening scene. This musical starts off as a negative feeling but soon improves later on in the film. This will engage the audience as they will feel they would want to watch more to see if the feeling of the film improves. They might also start to feel for the character which is what the film wants you to do.

In this particular clip, we are intorduced to the main charater who is in prison. Then a bit later on in the clip we see the second character who seems to have more power in this clip as he has more posture and also tells Val-Jean what to do. This would make the audience turn against him as they would feel they need to sympathise with the abused victim.

 

Frozen

 

Although this is a cartoon, it has a lot of similarities to Les Miserables, for example the opening shot is from under the ice and in Les Miserables it started from underwater with music playing in the background. Frozen fits more of the younger audience expectations of a musical as there are many bright colours and not too many things going on. As there is a young boy in this first clip of the film, it would make the audience want to watch more as they would feel they would want to see him grow up. This fits a musical genre more as the bright colours and music is intriguing. The music is catchy as well which would make the audience believe it is a musical. I think the main idea of a musical is to have the songs appealing to everyone and that they are for a wide audience. Frozen is mainly aimed at a younger audience however there are a few adults that like it too.

 

Comparison

 

Between Les Miserables and Frozen they both show what fits the catorgory of a musical. This is because they both have music playing from the very start. Frozen has more colours in it to completly fit the genre however Les Miserables is suited to an older audience so it contains more action and adventure so that you are still intreseted in the film.