Ferris Bueller's day off opening scene

Ferris buellers day off 

Directed by john Hughes and realised in 1987

Budget : $6,000,000 (estimated) 

Production company : Paramount pictures 

Distributers : Paramount , UIP 

This is the opening to "Ferris Bueller's day off" as you can see the first thing we see when watching the film is the Paramount pictures ident.

We then see various titles one after another naming the production company "Paramount Picture" the director "John Hughes" and the main actor "Matthew Broderick" finally followed by the name of the film "Ferris Bueller's day off".The black background connotes that the film is serious which contrast the film as it is actually a comedy. The sans-serif blue bubble writing is fun which connotes that the film may be a comedy and maybe childish as the colour is bright and electric. The film genre is comedy. The film was released in 1987.

The first scene is shown at 35 seconds after the dents and titles are shown.
This is the first shot we seer of the scene and time in which the film is set. This is the establishing shot. It is a long shot of the house and we presume the main character is living in the house.The old cars on the drive denotes the time in which this film is set , the big expensive house could denote that the family have money , they are a wealthy family.

After the establishing shot the next thing we are introduced to is an extreme close up of a boys face. As this is the first shot after the establishing shot we can connote that this is the main actor and from the title of the film we denote that this is Ferris Bueller. Starting the film off with an extreme close up makes us feel automatically connected with the character , maybe the film is from his point of view and we are being made to feel for him and think as he thinks. The camera angle from slightly above makes the character seem weak and venerable.

This shot is an close up of which we guess are Ferris' parents. the angel in which the camera is at means that the parents are looking down at us , this makes the audience feel intimidated which makes the parents seem to have more power and rulership. The expression on their faces shows concern and panic which gives us the impression something is wrong and not quite right.

This long shot of the bedroom is used as a cut away shot from a two shot , this helps to break up a shot reverse shot and is used so that viewers and the aundience doesn't loose interest or get bored. The objects in the room such as the old tv and posters on the wall of old bands also help us to denote the time period of the film. They also help us to denote how old he is and we learn about him as a person. The opening sequence ends at 3 minutes 17 seconds.