(Task - 2.1) Movie Analysis Opening Sequence - Fast and Furious 6

Fast and Furious 6

Fast and Furious 6 is the 6th film in the Fast and Furious franchise and all of them are action films. The films involve fast cars, car chases, guns and fighting.The opening scene of the film fast and furious 6 is of 2 people in fast cars racing down a mountain road in an exotic location. The car that’s they use are fast and expensive and the people driving them you can tell are good drivers. The drivers are also friends, you can tell this because they keep looking at each other and smiling, this show that they are two friends that enjoy racing.

Camera Shots/Movement

In this scene there are lots of long shots to get all of the action in the shot and to get the scenery in the show as well. There is also some close ups of the feet on the peddles and the hands on the gear stick. This shows the speed that they are moving at because the speed that the people change gear. There is also close ups of the drivers faces and this is done to show there emotion and the fact that both of the drivers look at each other and smile. Lots of the camera shots are taken from a helicopter this is so they can track the cars as they are racing down the track. Most of the camera movement are tracking shots because the camera is tracking the cars racing down the mountain road.

Sound

There is no dialogue in this scene all there is, is the sounds of the as they are racing. You hear the sounds of the engine and the tires screeching on the road. You also hear the mechanical sound when the drivers change gear as well. About half way through the race that they are having some non-diegetic sound starts to play. This is an action song and this goes with the fast edits and the action that is taking place in the scene.

Editing

The editing in this scene is fast and this is a convention of action films because when there is an action sequence in action films the editing is faster because it shows that the action is taking place. Also in the scene there are some shot reverse shots. One example of this is when one of the drivers changes gear, there is a shot of the peddles and then there is a show of the gear stick of him changing gear and then there is another shot of the peddles.