The producer of Independence Day has used lots of different visual methods of introducing us to his film.

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Independence Day

The producer of Independence Day has used lots of different visual methods of introducing us to his film. There are some eye-opening visuals to take in just in the first five minutes. The film titles even give us a picture of the genre and message of the film. These titles zoom onto the screen before exploding away from our view. The actual film begins normally on the moon. There is a typical blue shadow over the moon. Soon we visibly see shaking and then a small model, which could possibly have been left from the first ever moon landing. Also in the shot is an American flag this shows great patriotism, but cunningly is also real as there is an American flag situated on the moon. Then we see a footprint, which has been left untouched since 1966 shaking and losing its formation. Then we see a placard with the names of the first ever people to land on the moon written on it. Then, dramatically we see a shadow slowly covering the whole of the moon. This is a very good lighting affect which leaves you half wondering about the next movement, which is a spaceship flying above the moon. The spaceship appears from the top of the screen, as you would see it if you were standing on the moon at that very moment. The last action of this scene is when the camera angle moves upwards and we are able to see the spaceship and it’s destination, Earth. The whole of this scene would have been done using computer, as they would have been unable to actually film the shots from the moon.

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      The next scene is at a scientist’s laboratory, there is a scientist in normal clothes, not a stereotype (e.g. Not wearing a white apron). The scientist has a bored expression on his face, but is not wearing any noticeable make-up mainly because they don’t need to try and show any realism yet. The scientist is playing a golf putting game that he has set up on the floor. I think that this shows how little work this scientist actually has to do in his job, looking out for unknown species. When radar spots the flying object that ...

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