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Silence of the lambs
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The opening of silence of the lamb is effective through theuse of non-digetic music which is classical and upbeat tocreate an eary and tense feeling, making the audience feelautomatically alarmed that something will eventually happen
during the film. The film begins with opening credits, with black font, bold
and a white outlining, the sequence is in order of;
1)Actor names
2)Casting by3)Music by
4)Costume by
5) Production designer by
6) Director of photography7)Based on a novel
This is significant to the film as the text suggest that the girlrunning at a high speed in the background is represented asFearless and daring ,courageous during the opening of this film,showing a link between the film and the title sequence.
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The sequence begins with a close up tracking shot a younglady running, you are unable to see her face as it is a sideview, this does create a mystery as the audience arewondering why this girl is significant within the film. The
setting is
based within the woods, it is dim
lighting, gloomy and misty as there
is barely any natural lighting, thiscould easily be linked to the film as it
suggests that something bad will happen.
This follows to a low angle of her climbing over the obstacles
empathising her determination suggesting that the maincharacter is powerful and independent as she continuesmoving at an extremely fast pace.
In addition to this there is diegetic sound ,which is
asynchronous to communicate her over coming her struggles
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Next after this, is a long shot of her running into the distanceand still, a very fast pase, suddenly diegetic sound intervenesof a man calling for her as he runs after her , this evokes thateven the man struggles to keep up with her fast pace.
this also creates a mystery asthe audience wonder why he is
calling her name.
The tracking shot of the man
after her follows to a close upof his face look really concerned
as he tells her that he has to go
Corporates office. There is a clear
Indication that they are from the FBIThrough the use of mise-en-scene
(the prop of the hat) therefore the
Audience could suggest that this is part
Of the girls training.
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This beings with the camera tilting from upwards todownwards to a sign saying; hurt, agony, pain, andlove it these negative adjectives to symbolise her
daily routine, it highlights motivation to push harderwhich shows signification factors as these signscould further link to film.
This follows of a long
distance shot of her
running suggesting that
not even the camera can keep up with her.
After this shot there is a mid shot of her high fivinga woman (which is diegetic sound) to symbolise theunity the women have due to it being a male
dominating profession.
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And finally the last scene is the lady going into an elevator filled
with men , which is really contrasting as she sticks out; all the
men are wearing red and she is wearing grey, in addition to this
she also looks petite towards the men surrounding her. This
could give a sense that she isn't strong enough compared to the
males in the police department.
She is shown to be quite individual and determined throughout
the opening The diegetic music is consistent through this extract