Shot- 1

Camera shot: Wide Shot

Sound: Diegetic sound of a lions roar

Content: ‘Metro Goldwyn Mayer’ production is shown, and

is quiet well known, successful production.

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Narrative: Young FBI agent Clarice Starling is assigned to help find a missing

woman to save her from a psychopathic serial killer who skins his victims. Clarice

attempts to gain a better insight into the twisted mind of the killer by talking to

another psychopath Hannibal Lecter, who used to be a respected psychiatrist. FBI

agent Jack Crawford believes that Lecter, who is also a very powerful and clever

mind manipulator, has the answers to their questions and can help locate the

killer. However, Clarice must first gain Lecter's confidence before the inmate will

give away any information

Shot- 2

Camera shot: Wide Shot

Sound: Background music (mysterious)

Content: ‘An Orion PICTURES RELEASE’ production is

shown.

Main Characters: Jodie Foster, Anthony Hopkins, Scott Glenn.

1991 118 min Age rating: 18

Shot- 3

Camera shot: Wide Shot

Sound: The same background music is being played and

non-diegetic sound of a hawk.

Content: Dark, scary looking scene connotes the film

genre, misty looking surroundings.

Shot- 4

Camera shot: Wide Shot

Sound: The same background music is being played

Content: Dark, scary looking scene connotes the film

genre, misty looking surroundings. ‘A STRONG

HEART/DEMME PRODUCTION’.

Shot- 5

Camera shot: Wide Shot

Sound: The same background music is being played

Content: Dark, scary looking scene connotes the film

genre, misty looking surroundings. ‘JODIE FOSTER’ well

known actress.

Shot- 7

Camera shot: Wide Shot

Sound: The same background music is being played

Content: Dark, scary looking scene connotes the film

genre, misty looking surroundings. ‘SCOTT GLENN’ actor.

Shot- 8

Camera shot: Wide Shot

Sound: The same background music is being played

Content: Dark, scary looking scene connotes the film

genre, misty looking surroundings. Famous film ‘THE

SILENCE OF THE LAMBS’.

Shot- 6

Camera shot: Wide Shot

Sound: The same background music is being played

Content: Dark, scary looking scene connotes the film

genre, misty looking surroundings. ‘ANTHONY HOPKINS’

another well-known actor.

Shot- 10

Camera shot: Long shot

Sound: The same background music is being played

Content: Dark, scary looking scene connotes the film

genre.

Shot- 11

Camera shot: Mid shot

Sound: The same background music is being played

Content: Eerie background music being played against the

character running may suggest that she is running from

something or someone.

Shot- 12

Camera shot: Mid Close up Shot

Sound: The same background music is being played

Content: Now she is panting, suggests how fast and far she

has been running, also the sweat patched connote this.

Shot- 13

Camera shot: Over the shoulder shot

Sound: The same background music is being played

Content: Due to her jogging and her costume suggests she

may be ‘working out’ but audience may question why she

is doing this on her own, in such a scary looking woods.

Shot- 9

Camera shot: Long shot

Sound: The same background music is being played

Content: Dark, scary looking scene connotes the film

genre. ‘TED LEVINE’

Shot- 14

Camera shot: Long Shot

Sound: The same background music is being played

Content: Dark, scary looking scene connotes the film

genre, misty looking surroundings.

Shot- 15

Camera shot: Mid Close up

Sound: The same background music is being played

Content: Misty looking surroundings suggests the

unknown and that the film is not at a clear start like we

don’t really know what the story is about.

Shot- 16

Camera shot: Mid Shot

Sound: The same background music is being played

Content: The fact that we see her arms moving fast show

the audience that she is running faster and getting either

further into the woods or further towards the exit.

Mise en scene – First setting we see is in a secluded woodland area, the setting that we see does connote horror because it looks a little scary. The characters costume looks like workout clothes if it’s cold and we also may think this because of her sweat patches and the fact that she is running, it does not really connote the genre of the film. Lighting is very low key and the look of it all suggests that this part is set in the early hours of the morning.

Sound – The sounds used are not that interesting due to the fact that it’s the same background music and nothing else is added throughout the first two minutes. The background music used has an eerie feel to it and its very mysterious, this may be to help the audience gain some ideas on what the film will be like.

Editing – The editing is varied, there is a tracking shot used up until shot 12 then a jump

cut to the back of the character and whilst she is running the tracking is shown this is to

create tension and make the audience feel uneasy, which links to the genre of the film.

The editing is fast paced to match the characters fast paced actions (jogging in a secluded

area) could also relate to the characters heartbeat.

Camera Shots – The camera shots are varied throughout the first two minutes. Allot of wide shots are

used and long shots, this may be to represent the horror in the setting. Also the shots used give the

audience a clear view of who this character is and what she is wearing etc.

Representation: Not much is shown throughout the first two minutes that can be seen as

a representation of something.

Genre: The genre is horror/thriller. I believe that this is clearly shown due to the scary looking setting and the thrilling background music that is used. The character does not really connote horror, in my opinion, because she is in normal clothes that someone would wear on a morning workout, although the fact that she is in the middle of this scary forest may suggest something will happen to her or may suggest that something in this film will happen in a secluded area.

Stereotypes/ Ideology: A stereotype may be that the woman is on her own in a secluded,

scary looking area and this happens quiet allot in most horror/thriller films with women,

typically at the start of one, so seeing this could be uneasy for the audience as they

wonder if anything is going to happen to her.

Theories and theorists: Theorist Stephen Prince states that “like other genre movies, any

given horror film will convey synchronic association, ideological, and social messages that

are a part of a certain period or historical moment. One can analyse films in terms of

these periods or moments, much like they can do with gangster movies. But unlike this

genre, horror also goes deeper, to explore more fundamental questions about the nature

of human existence, and other questions that, in some profound ways, go beyond culture

and society as these are organized in any given form or period.” From this, we

understand that Prince feels that the horror genre is an elite genre within the field of

film, as it is the most realistic, and some of concepts and ideas placed into films in the

genre are relative to ‘real life’.