Key elements of film form = Mise-en-scene, Cinematography, Editing, Sound and Performance.
Context of the film = Historical and Social
Specialist study area = Narrative and Auteur
opening scene questions
How is the genre of the film made clear in the opening 2 scenes?
The genre is mainly crime and gangster which is made clear as the couple are talking about robberies and then is made clearer as they carry out hold-up with guns, then is made clear in the next opening scene through their clothing as they're dressed in black suits this presents them as criminals and their guns they carry.
what enigma's are present in the 2 scenes?
Through the questioning of who the people are, why are the starting a hold up, who are the men, what are the doing, whats in the briefcase, why are they killing the other men?
how is the opening of the film different from the usual way of starting a film (in terms of narrative)?
The opening in the film shows the couple in the restaurant and conveys them to be the main characters of the film but then is followed by other scenes which shows different. also the normal narrative structure of the film is in chronological order whereas this starts in mid action of them holding up a restaurant where it is followed by the next scene which is also in mid action of another story which the film follows.
What are stereotypes are challenged/ reinforced in this opening scene?
how has the director made the 2 opening scenes interesting and appealing for the audiences despite the fact that not much actually happens?
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