OPENING SEQUENCE

ANALYSIS

Mr Brooks

Hannibal Rising

HANNIBAL RISING

MR BROOKS

This film starts off with CGI white on black writing which automatically creates an

enigma as people want to know what the writing is talking about when it says that

‘the hunger has returned’ so people want to know what has happened before. And

what the hunger is which crates another enigma.

MR BROOKS

The man in the toilet who should be assumed as Mr Brooks doesn’t speak but we can see

he looks suspicious as we know he is going to be of some importance to the next scene

and you can then hear an announcer in the background which builds to the enigma of

what is this person doing and where is he. All the time you can hear the same voice, who

is talking over the scene (this is non-diegetic sound) which allows for the film to move

on and keep going on, he appears to be having a conversation with somebody which

creates an enigma because people want to know what they're talking about.

MR BROOKS

I feel that the opening of Mr Brooks has quite low key lighting which is a

connotation of psychological thrillers because, although there are some colours, the

colours which have been used are very dark. Also there is not much action during

the first scenes because it is mainly speech I feel that this will entice their target

audience because they are not going to be interested in the action side of this film.

MR BROOKS

This then cuts to a meeting room where everybody is sat down, watching a man

speak and it cuts back and forth between this man and another man so you know

the stood up man is talking about the man who is sat down. In the beginning there

are a lot of low angle shots to convey the power of the people within the scene so

people can tell that these 2 people are the most important people within the room.

HANNIBAL RISING

Hannibal Rising starts off with a scene in the forest which resembles

the calmness which matches the music of a flute playing very soft

high pitch tones which are very peaceful.

HANNIBAL RISING

It the fades to a scene of two children playing on a bridge which shows the peace

which the scene is in because they can happily play without a care in the world,

however this scene is quickly interrupted by an explosion which shows that this film

is not going to be as peaceful as first imagined by the scene of tranquillity and

peace.

HANNIBAL RISING

This is quite often seen in psychological thrillers because of how the

opening scene starts off very calm and peaceful but is quickly

interrupted by the start of an enigma such as in this scene where we

can assume the explosion came from.

HANNIBAL RISING

From the start you can tell that this film has a much older target audience because it

is quickly established that the film is set in 1944. I feel that because the film is aged

aimed at an older audience that the more peaceful music and the non-diegetic

sound at the start goes all over until the explosion which signifies that there may be

some action in this and therefore that the film is going to be aimed at a more male

audience.