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OPENING SEQUENCE
ANALYSIS
Mr Brooks
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.