Friday 4 December 2015

Opening Sequence Narrative

The scene begins with several shots of a car from varied angles creating tension and mystery as to who or what awaits inside it. Then two masked men submerge from the car and start making their way towards a large building in an isolated location. At this point the audience's denotation of the isolated area connotes vulnerability. This is backed up by the two mystery characters in masks with a large duffle bag- the audience are left on the edge of their seats unaware of what will happen next although certain signs point to a crime. This assumption is confirmed when one of the men fires the gun into the air after busting through the doors, he also exclaims, "Get on the ground" presumably to the bystander on the scene who aren't shown in the shot. The criminals throw the man behind the counter the duffle bag and demand it be filled while held at gun point. Once the bag is filled to its max with cash, they make a run for the door, swing it open and dash outside. Heading for the car the criminal with the bag is suddenly hit over the head by the other character and in what seems like one swift motion the character grabs the money, jumps over the fence and sprints across the field. As the betrayed character clambers to hi feet police sirens come closer and before not too long the character is being arrested by a police officer who has just arrived on the scene. As for the other criminal, he appears to be free from the police as he is half way across the large landscape of grass.

What is presumed to be the captured criminal is sitting at a table on what appears to be a security camera which instantly implies to the audience that this is some sort of police interrogation. The same police officer, who made the arrest, arrives in the small, box-shaped room to join the criminal. The officer starts by stating "We can either do this the easy way or the hard way," which doesn't break the criminal's silence and therefore the audience will infer that he is not going to give information like the police force want. The officer continues to smother the criminal with questions regarding the other, missing criminal but still he refuses to talk. That is until the officer bribes the character into giving information by promising him his freedom after the job was finished. The scene slowly fades out and the titles appear on screen displaying "THE INTERROGATION" and the actor's names who took part in the filming.

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