‘SLIENCE OF THE LAMBS’Clarice Starling is an FBI trainee, who is sent to Baltimore state hospital for the criminally insane to interview Dr. Hannibal. A psychiatrist was revealed to be a psychopathic serial killer. She needs to trust him in order to give clues in the search for “Buffalo Bill”. This is a nickname given for the unknown and unrelenting serial killer, who is the main characters of the film.

At the beginning of the open sequence as well as the rest of the open sequence, Clarice is presented as extremely sweaty, this is obvious by the drenched grey sweatshirt she is wearing. This shows the audience that she is hardworking and her sweatshirt also makes it obvious that she is in the FBI, this makes the audience understand why she is completing this intense work out and that she is of high authority in society. There is then, a high angle of Clarice doing exercise, this shows the audience that she looks weak in this shot, she is small in stature. Right from the beginning of the opening scene she is made to look small and weak like she is through the rest of the clip.

During the scene where she is running, she runs into some mist and this symbolizes her going to something that she doesn’t know and having to find her way out.

There is also a close up shot of her face when she is running, this shows the audience that she is very determined by her facial expression, this also tells us more about her personality and we know after this shot that she isn’t someone who is willing to give up easily.

There is also a two shot of Clarice and a man in an FBI hat, this shot shows the audience that she works for the FBI and it also makes the point that she is inferior in status although her status in society is high as she works for the FBI which makes her look feeble but we know that she isn’t by her determination in other shots like the running shots.

There is a low angle shot of Jodie on top of the cargo net, this shows the audience that she is strong because she is on a climbing net to convey her strength and determination to overcome the obstacles in her path

After the pervious shots, there is a close up shot of the man in an FBI hat, this shot makes the audience wonder what he’s thinking because of his facial expression, it is stern and quite serious. This makes the audience believe the man is worried about Clarice’s character and he cares for her, in a tough love sort of way.

During this shot she is in lift, the men are wearing red shirts whereas Clarice is wearing a grey sweat shirt, this shows the audience that she is out of place in this shot and doesn’t fit in with the other people in the shot. This medium shot of Clarice in a lift with men, this framing shot shows the audience that she is a lot smaller than the men and this makes her look frail and out of place and the men’s facial expressions show that they don’t want her there because they can tell she is out of place as well.

At the end of the clip there is a focus pull from Clarice to Crawford, this shows us that while she is significant, Crawford is equally as important or the director wouldn’t have made us focus on him instead of Clarice. When she is in Crawford’s office and looking around there is a tracking shot, when the camera moves in on her face, this shows the audience that she has seen something that she is very absorbed in something that seems to link to the storyline or it wouldn’t have been included in this scene.

At the beginning of the clip there is a crane shot, this sets the scene for the audience but also from the height of the camera it also makes Jodie Foster look very small when she enters the shot. There is a shallow focus shot when she is walking down the corridor in the middle of the clip, this shows us that she is the main character, however the other people in the shot are not.

Before she enters Crawford’s office there is a scene where she talks to some FBI agents and the man to the right is looking at her like the men in the lift were looking at her, this shows us that a lot of people can tell that she doesn’t belong in that area of the academy. When she enters Crawford’s office, we can tell a lot about Crawford’s character by looking at his office and his decorations, because he has very old fashioned and ornate decorations, this shows us that he has a taste for finer things in life and that he is smart because we can see his plagues and certificates on his wall.