OpeningEG1: Outlaw Josey Wales

Outlaw Josey Wales

( Clint Eastwood, 1976 )
PRODUCED BY: Warner Bros. Pictures

DISTRIBUTED BY: Warner Bros. Pictures
BUDGET: $3.7m

BOX OFFICE: $31.8m

IMDb RATING: 7.9







Company idents :

WB Warner Brothers Pictures, Malpaso Company.





Less important stars

Main star revealed on own

Clint Eastwood is mentioned in the credits before the title of the film is revealed and after , however Clint Eastwood directs the film and plays a main role so he'll credit himself highly, and all the stars are credited in capitals. The opening sequence starts with the transition fade in from black from the titles to the start of the opening scene, and then reveals the main character, Josey Swales, and his family, he has a son and in the two shots we see the relationship between the father and son, this is called exposition where we're revealed information about the characters, and in this opening sequence there's a tragic incident where a mob of cowboys burn down Josey's home with his son and with still inside which sets the storyline for the rest of the film. There's some extreme long shots that have been used to establish the area and time period for the film, and this low angle over the shoulder shot shows the vulnerablility of Josey because he's lost everything and these men have power over him at this particular time.

  




Close-up

   This close up is used to show the character's emotion and so the audience watching can get the sense of how he's feeling.
  

 

Then after Josey joins these men there's an ellipsis through scenes as it shows the cowboys growing over time in these scenes non-digetic music is being played and it audio bridges from scene to scene over time until this sequence comes to and end where it fades out from the blue filter into the normal camera.



Over the shoulder shot




 

High angle two shot

These two shot types are both showing the power these two characters have over Josey and the vulnerability of Josey, it also shows the relationship between the two characters. Also in the scene the 180 degree rule is used when the characters are cummunicating, and it's a long scene but instead of doing a long take and bore the audience lots of small takes are used using a variety of camera shot type to keep the audience interested.