The bucket list is a drama film that is set around two older men both with very different life styles who meet due to one common factor in both of their lives, cancer.
Analysis from beginning to 1:28
The opening shot in the film is a long helicopter shot of a mountain range. The high angle shot signifies that we are up among the clouds looking down on the earth as if we are in heaven. This shot is long in length and last for around 14 seconds. This unusually long shot emphasises the surroundings, displaying the harsh and challenging terrains. This connotes the idea that life is a challenge and that once the challenge has been accomplished you have reached the top, the top which is heaven. Which re-introduces the importance of the high angle helicopter shot showing that a character has reached the top, so has died, and we are now seeing life from their point of view.
Diegetic sound is not used in the opening of this film but non-diegetic sound is. The opening features a voice over which the audience assumes is one of the main characters voices. The voice over is a mans voice which tells the story of a man who has died. At this point all that can be seen is the mountain shot so the audience has not yet seen a character. This builds the mystery to who are the main characters and who has died.
At 00:56 we see a medium close up of the legs of first person in the film. This little reveal shows that one of the characters are alive but we do not yet know who the character is nor if it is their voice in the voice over. Also it signifies that this character is now climbing the challenge of life and is rather near the top, so could be near to death. This conveys the emotion that a drama film thrives on to allow the audience to connect with the characters.
After the medium close up there is a cut to a long shot then fade to an extreme long shot of the character climbing the mountain. This could show the distance building between the character and the rest of the world as he is climbing closer and closer to heaven and therefore to death but closer to the character featured in the voice over, Edward, as we know he has died and maybe the character climbing the mountain is climbing to get closer. The shot then fades to a black out to end the opening and go back in time to where the story began which is a technique often used in drama films to reveal the imminent ending at the beginning.
Analysis from beginning to 1:28
The opening shot in the film is a long helicopter shot of a mountain range. The high angle shot signifies that we are up among the clouds looking down on the earth as if we are in heaven. This shot is long in length and last for around 14 seconds. This unusually long shot emphasises the surroundings, displaying the harsh and challenging terrains. This connotes the idea that life is a challenge and that once the challenge has been accomplished you have reached the top, the top which is heaven. Which re-introduces the importance of the high angle helicopter shot showing that a character has reached the top, so has died, and we are now seeing life from their point of view.
Diegetic sound is not used in the opening of this film but non-diegetic sound is. The opening features a voice over which the audience assumes is one of the main characters voices. The voice over is a mans voice which tells the story of a man who has died. At this point all that can be seen is the mountain shot so the audience has not yet seen a character. This builds the mystery to who are the main characters and who has died.
At 00:56 we see a medium close up of the legs of first person in the film. This little reveal shows that one of the characters are alive but we do not yet know who the character is nor if it is their voice in the voice over. Also it signifies that this character is now climbing the challenge of life and is rather near the top, so could be near to death. This conveys the emotion that a drama film thrives on to allow the audience to connect with the characters.
After the medium close up there is a cut to a long shot then fade to an extreme long shot of the character climbing the mountain. This could show the distance building between the character and the rest of the world as he is climbing closer and closer to heaven and therefore to death but closer to the character featured in the voice over, Edward, as we know he has died and maybe the character climbing the mountain is climbing to get closer. The shot then fades to a black out to end the opening and go back in time to where the story began which is a technique often used in drama films to reveal the imminent ending at the beginning.
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