Deadpool was made in 2016 and directed by Tim Miller. It is a mainstream American superhero film, however it is clear from the beginning of the film that it is a comedy as the subtitles are being mocked. For example, the characters are named as 'a hot chick', 'a moody teen', 'a British villain' and the film being presented as 'some douchbag's film', clearly telling the audience what they already believe about the people in this film and who worked on it. This makes the film very lighthearted and also draws you in because it is different from every other film.
Very early on in the opening of the film we see that the production company is Twentieth Century Fox in association with Marvel. This credit is being presented in white, bold text and in the background is a man screening with wounds to his face, this shows the audience that it is an action film as well as comedy.
The mise-en-scene of the opening of the film is either frozen in time and the camera is going round the car filming what is going on, or its as if the camera is going so fast around the scene that everything around it seems to be going incredibly slow. The camera pans around the air-borne car capturing the absolute carnage inside of itand captures all the bodies inside of it. The camera also captures a magazine with Ryan Gosling on the front cover with the caption 'sexist man alive!' who is playing the character of Deadpool in this film, making it very humorous.
All diegetic sound is cut off in the opening sequence and is replaced by a very calm, classical song which completely contrasts with the destruction that is going on around them. This highlights the comical factor of the film and making it very entertaining.
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