Kes film opening

KES
Director: Kenneth Loach
Release Date: June 19, 1970w
Budget: £157,000
Length of opening: 5:23




Plot:
Bullied at school and ignored and abused at home by his indifferent mother and older brother, Billy Casper (David Bradley), a 15-year-old working-class Yorkshire boy, tames and trains his pet kestrel falcon whom he names Kes. Helped and encouraged by his English teacher Mr. Farthing (Colin Welland) and his fellow students, Billy finally finds a positive purpose to his unhappy existence, until tragedy strikes.

Metro Goldwyn Mayer Ident 

Company idents:

The first company Ident to come up was the Metro Goldwyn Mayer. An ident that doesn't have much editing suggest a low budget or old film.

United Artists Ident

The next Ident is United Artist pictures which also suggest the film is dated due to the low tech animation. it isn't a well known company either suggesting a low budget film which Kes is.




Shots
In this film, because it's old it has very long takes with few shots in the film opening there are only 8 shots which are long continuous takes.

Two shot as first shot

Shot 1: A two shot that introduces the film suggesting the main character is the little boy with another character which appears to be his brother. The audio is an alarm so diegetic, with the two boys talking.

shot 2 getting changed

Shot 2:A shot of the second character getting changed at early hours in the morning showing the hard hours these workers have to go through working in the pit it's a medium shot to show what clothes he's wearing

3rd shot Big titles

3rd shot is the younger boy getting changed at a later time this connotes he's in school due to getting up early and not going to the pits with his brother. it's a medium shot as well showing what this boy is getting changed into compared to his brother, a smarter attire. it also shows the title of the book and the author this film comes from which it doesn't really do in modern films in the opening.

4th shot Medium close-up

4th shot is a medium close up to start off with then goes into a panning shot to show the boy walking on his journey to the newsagents. The shot is chosen to show the emotion yet still provide the mis-en-scene which appears to be a council estate in Barnsley.

5th shot

5th shot is again a panning shot which is a very long take like the rest of the shots its a medium shot for a lot of it then goes out as a long shot. it show a lot of the mis-en-scene and shows the boy is in a rush.

6th shot

The 6th shot is an extreme long shot of the boy running up the hill to get to the newsagents on time. it shows the mis-en-scene as a stereotypical redbrick estate you can tell it is and old film by the cars that are parked and the quality of the picture.

7th shot

7th shot is of the boy running again this time from a medium shot to a long shot the long continuous takes of this old film are showing this journey the boy has to make presumably every morning.

8th shot

8th shot is of the boy running again this is an extreme long shot again to show the mis-en-scene showing its a low class are the kids have nothing to play with and the houses are scruffy

A medium shot to show the boy coming in the shot and talking to the shop owner. again a very long take as they talk to each other about his job.




Summary: 
Kes film opening is a long opening with few takes the takes are long typical of an old film. thing like Match on action wern't used as much in those days.