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1. Ninja Assassin Opening Sequence Daniel Eugene 12 E

2. What Genre The Film Is? As a spectator I could tell that the film that I am watching has a variety of genre’s also known as a hybrid-genre. For example Action, Thriller and crime. The reason why I came to this conclusion is because in the opening sequence there was quite explicit killings, in addition you donot know who or what was doing the killings .

3. Characters introduced • The main Characters are introduced by them having longer screen time than the other characters in the film, as well as there is a narrative and whilst the character Is speaking there are shots of the character whilst there is narration by this you could tell that he Is the main character.

4. Clues we get about the storyline from the opening scene • The clues we get from the opening sequence that gives us insight on what the film is about is that the characters in the film are Chinese and Chinese people are generally associated with fighting and martial arts so that gave me a clue that the film will have some sort of fighting in it, as well as in the opening scene there is a man with a ninja tattooed on his chest and was talking about a mysterious black sand, which was in a letter which gave a chilling effect, and quite mysterious at the same time, also, the colour black is generally associated with mysteriousness and then the lights suddenly turns off and no one knows what is about to happen next.

5. What will make the audience keep watching? • There are questions that the film raises that will make the audiences keep on watching; for example is what the old man is talking about to a gang leader right?, also what will happen now that the lights are turned off?, in addition, who or what is the thing that is committing all the killings?, can it be killed? And finally why did the people that was in the building die?

6. Synopsis of ninja assassin Raizo (Rain) is raised by the Ozunu Clan to become one of the most lethal Special Ops ninja assassins in the world. As a child, Raizo experiences severe training under the guidance of his "father", Lord Ozunu (ShoKosugi): he is whipped and/or cut whenever he fails and is encouraged to hurt his ninja kin for their training failures. The only kindness he ever receives is from a kunoichi (female ninja), Kiriko (Anna Sawai).As they grow older, Kiriko and Raizo develop a romantic bond, however Kiriko's desire to leave the Ozunu Clan for freedom is greater.One stormy night, Kiriko decides to escape from the clan. She encourages Raizo to join her, but he decides to stay. They kiss and she then climbs over the wall to freedom; only to be caught and brought back by her ninja kin. Branded as a traitor, Kiriko is executed (a katana through her heart) by her elder ninja brother Takeshi (Rick Yune). As a result of Kiriko's death, Raizo begins to harbor resentment and doubt towards the clan.

7. After completing his first assassination, Raizo is instructed by Lord Ozunu to execute an escaped kunoichi like Kiriko. He rebels against his master by slashing his face with a kyoketsushoge and fights against his ninja kin. Barely surviving, he escapes by falling into a nearby river. Raizo recovers and begins to intervene in Ozunu hits by foiling their attempts.While staying in Berlin and waiting for Ozunu's next move, Raizo rents a small apartment where he secretly continues to refine his training until it is time to act.Meanwhile, Europol agent Mika Coretti (Naomie Harris) has been investigating money linked to political murders and finds that it is potentially linked to the Ozunu Clan. She defies her superior, Ryan Maslow (Ben Miles), and retrieves secret agency files to find out more. The clan, finding out about the investigation, attempts to assassinate her but she is rescued by Raizo

8. Mika convinces Raizo to meet with Maslow for protection and to provide evidence against the ninja clan, but Raizo is intercepted by a task force for interrogation. Mika feels betrayed that Maslow would trick her that way, but Maslow secretly assures Mika that he is still on her side and gives her a tracking device for emergencies. While Mika warns Maslow of the dangers of keeping Raizo, the Ozunu ninja infiltrate their secret base and slaughter all the officers.Mika frees Raizo and he lures the ninja away as Mika tries to escape. Raizo kills and fends off as many ninja as he can while Takeshi continues to trail him. He and Mika manage to escape but Raizo suffers mortal wounds around his stomach. Resting in a private area, Mika implants the tracking device into Raizo. Unable to fend against the clan, she hides outside the hotel until special forces arrive to help her. By that time, the ninja have recovered Raizo and taken him back to their base, bringing him before Lord Ozunu for prosecution.

9. While hidden inside a steel locker Raizo uses his healing techniques to heal all major injuries before being reunited with his "father." Lord Ozunu decides to have Raizo executed as an example but is infuriated by Raizo's defiance to the end; Ozunu strikes against Raizo's internal organs, causing him to spit out the tracking device.Europol Special Forces Counter-Terrorism tactical teams lead by Maslow storm the hidden Ozunu base and kill most of the ninja in the court yard. Takeshi and Raizo face each other in the burning Ozunu training hall. Raizo slays Takeshi and confronts Lord Ozunu in a sword duel. While Ozuno initially has the upper hand, Mika, fearing for Raizo's life, distracts and shoots Ozunu with her pistol.

10. Before Raizo can recover, Lord Ozunu stabs Mika in the heart. Emotionally ravaged, Raizo uses the 'shadow blending' technique for the first time and finishes off Ozunu. Mika, seemingly fatally wounded, is in fact saved by a quirk of birth: her heart is on the opposite side of her chest. Mika and Europol leave the destroyed Ozunu compound while Raizo stays behind. Symbolically, he climbs the same wall Kiriko did all those years ago and looks out at the surrounding countryside. Recognizing his freedom for the first time in years, Raizo smiles, ending the film.

11. Shottas opening sequence

12. What genre is it? • The film Shottas is set in the Caribbean island of Jamaica. This film also looks like it is another hybrid-genre because in the opening sequence it shows scenes of drug use as well as crime.

13. How are the characters introduced • In the opening sequence of the film Shottas the main Characters are introduced by them having longer screen time than the other characters in the film as well as there Is only two characters that are always together, so that gives us some insight that the film will be about those two characters.

14. Clues we get about the storyline from the opening scene In the opening sequence of the film there are a group of kids who are playing a game of shoot the police officer, and that immediately gives me some insight that the film will be about crime, as well as, where they are brought up there are killings being committed and one of the two boys that are together exclaim to the man that is just about to committee the crime that he wants to be just like him when he grows up.

15. What will make the audience keep watching? • The questions that are raised in the film is that of; why did the man in the car shoot someone?, will the man get caught out for committing that crime?, as well as will the boy turn out to be a gangster?

16. Synopsis of Shottas • Tale of two Kingston gangsters looking to make a name for themselves on the mean streets of Kingston. Home-grown gangers Biggs (Marley) and Wayne (Benz) have paid their dues in Kingston, and now they've set their sights on a better life in Miami. After robbing a soda truck to gain the funds needed to make their way to the United States, however, their dreams quickly turn to dust when they are deported for hustling and sent back to Jamaica with nothing but the shirts on their backs. Biggs and Wayne aren't willing to kiss their ambitions goodbye quite so easily though, and thanks to a little compliance from the Kingston politicians, the pair soon begin extorting money from the local businesses. The heavies in the Kingston underworld are beginning to resent the pair's wildfire success though, and as the pressure mounts to end the rising tide of crime a local politician pays the ultimate price to arrange for the visas that will get Biggs and Wayne back to Florida. Upon returning to the states, the now-powerful duo finds that there is a high price to pay for power in a world where to trust equals death and success simply means having more enemies