Coursework - The Lost Boys

In this scene you see where the movie is set and are introduced to some of the main characters David,Micheal,Sam and Lucy. It starts off with a long shot of the fairground there is also non diejetic music. It then goes to medium close ups of David and the other vampires this introducing them as main characters.Next you see a close up of David talking to a lady and her boyfriend starts a fight with them, because there is a clsoe up of the woman and her boyfriend it makes you remember them and they have a bigger part later on in the film. There is then a close up of a security guard as he is yelling at David and the others to leave. There is then a point of view birds eye view shot of the security guard walking to his car then hes is killed there is also diejetic sound of bats this lets you know that you are seeing the action through the point of view of the vampires. Then there is then a jump cut, birds eye view shot showing you the new setting and non diejectic music as you see a tracking birds a view shot of a car, the camera then zooms into the people in the car and you see a medium close up Micheal,Sam and Lucy and the music turns dieject as it is coming from the car radio. The Lighting in the clip is mostly natural as it is set outside. you then see a point of view shot from Michael as he is looking at the Santa Carla sign this also sets the scene as you can see where they are moving to, also the sign is brightly colored making it look like a nice place to live but as they drive past on the other side of the sign it says murder capital of the world this shows you what Santa Carla is really like and that something bad is going to happen to Michael and his family.