Research Opening: Kickass (2010)

Kickass

Using his love for comics as inspiration, teenage Dave Lizewski decides to reinvent himself as a superhero - despite a complete lack of special powers. Dave dos a costume, dubs himself "Kick - Ass", and gets to work fighting crime. He joins forces with father and daughter vigilante team of Big Daddy and Hit Girl, then befriends another fledging crime - fighter called Red Mist, but a scheming mobster soon puts their alliance to the test.

Target Audience (Who It Appeals To)

After watching the opening to this film, I can infer from that this film was targeted at teenagers and adults that range from 15-25. I think this age is suitable for the movie because the humour within this film appeals to this age range, as some bits of the film are quite crude, which makes it popular between the lower years, as they find the crude humour brings more hilarity. I feel that the age range below 15 will not enjoy this and may find it quite harming to their mind. As well as this, it's a 15+ age rating therefore they have an inability to watch this. However, the older age may find this type of humour quite concerning and they may not enjoy it as much as it may not be to their type of humour.

Sound

In the beginning of the opening scene, the sound is very inspiring, with a hint of the theme of heroicness. As well as the inspiring theme in the background, the main character (future Kickass) expresses the idea that not one person wouldn't give being a hero a go, which then makes it inspiring with the music as well as the narrative over the top. Also the noises of New York in the background give a sense of realism and makes it seem as though you are there, it adds to the background.

Representation of characters and mise en scene
The opening of the scene holds the introduction to what is happening within the city. It has a pan shot of all of the New York residents or passerbyers pointing and looking up at the 'super hero' about to attempt to jump off of the empire state building. As well as this it holds then a close up shot of the super hero's face as he is looking over the horizon very proudly.