OPENING SEQUENCE ANALYSIS

Mr Brooks

MR BROOKS MR BROOKS: This film starts off with black on white CGI 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. Also the man in the toilet who should be assumed as Mr Brooks doesnt speak but we can see he looks suspicious as we know he is going to be of some importance to the nex 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, presumably Mr Brooks again who is talking over the scene so you know that the people within the scene can't hear it 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. 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 sift high pitch tones which are very peaceful. 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. 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 it is the explosion.