Troll Scene - Harry Potter and the Philosophers Stone

Harry Potter is a successful american film and that is why I chose to do this for my work, as it showed I was looking at more common films that the rest of the audiance watch. The audiance ranges from all ages and is mainly considered a family film, as the bright colours and characters entertain young children but also the language that is used entertains teenagers to adults as it is more grown up as they grew. The toilet troll scene was the scene I decided to use as it shows the mix of different graphical uses such as the creation of the character to the way editing has been used to show the use of magic. Lighting, Mise-en-scene, sound effects and camera angles are all used in an effective way to show this troll is dangerous, and that this scene is something to be scared of.

Mood music has been used to make the viewer aknowledge that there is something to be feared, this is done by the music growing louder as the scene continues. This makes the viewer understand the closeness of the objectivity of fear to the character.

The camera pans from a high shot from the bottom of the trolls feet up to his face, which ends in a low shot. This makes the viewer engage the size of this troll compared to the other characters and immediatly makes the audiance feel vulnerable in his presence. The use of editing on his size is effective for all ages as they can immediatly understand the way they should be feeling in this situation. The use of natural light is used when it came to the thunder in the background, as the bad weather makes the view of the troll more fearsome in the silhouette of the light. Young ages are able to understand the fear with the denotation on Hermoine's face, the cliched girl who needs to be saved in action films. To see the difference in height between Hermoine and the troll adds the effect of how this seen is portrayed in a wide shot, makes the viewer engage to how she is going to be saved.

The use of Mise-en-scene is used to portray a cliche that is typically used in horror films, the vulnerable scene of the bathroom. This is effective as it makes the viewer vulnerable to how they would feel in the same situation. A high shot on Hermoine's face adds the fear for her and shows her expressions more clearly, and how vulnerable she would be feeling. The use of the club is stereotypical to how the audiance thinks of trolls, and the use of this when smashing the toilets is effective in portraying the genre of the action film, it raises awareness to the audiance.
Other than being with that they are children, the stereotypical men are here to save the female, just like an action film cliche. This adds effect even though the audiance does recognise that the boys will get there in time. The low angle shot adds effect when the boards come flying towards the camera, as it makes the audiance react the way they would towards an object flying at them.

I think that this film is good for all ages as it adds expressions for them to understand, and the use of graphics and editing makes this more interesting for children with short attention spans. I think I will consider this genre for my opening two minutes as action is interesting to watch, and it is interesting to see the difference between this and the Gorillaz video, seeing as they had similar actions and consequences. I like how the use of the same effects can create completely different videos.