RESEARCH - Blog Post 8

White House Down

The opening of the film starts with a girl being woken up by her alarm clock, which is a long shot of her room. The camera then displays a close up of her phone alarm displaying the time and message alert. The girl then hears helicopters outside her window and opening up the curtains to view them, the camera then views a close up of her face. Then the camera tracks the helicopters from behind, over the city, all the way to the white house. Then the helicopters land and there is a long shot of the president come out of the plane with his assistant.

The characters we are introduced to are:

·        A little girl

·        The president

·        Presidents assistant

·        President guards

The title sequence for White House Down is  narrative opening as the film starts whilst the credits are being displayed. What you understand from the title sequence is that the president is arriving to the white house via helicopter and a little girl is interested in the military as she wakes up to view the helicopter fly past her window.

The genre of the movie is portrayed through the characters such as the president and guards, and building such as the white house. However, the genre is not portrayed as intense right away, so throughout the film you have a better understanding of the genre as it becomes more clear.

The order of the credits is:

• Ident
• Company presenting film
• Actor 1
• Actor 2
• Film title
• Actor 3
• Actor 4
• Actor 5
• Casting directors
• Production designer
• Director of photography
• Executive producers
• Producers