Section 2- Opening to Hannibal

Mise En Scene

When the credits are being shown on the screen its pitch black with deep red graphics. using the colour red symbolises blood, death violence, passion. It is very limited to what it shows you which creates a really tense atmosphere and wants you to keep watching to know for the film to be unravelled.

Gradually, you start to see a small image in the corner of the screen, this image begins to get bigger and bigger until you can see a screen of characters.

In an office, looks posh, upper class, wealth.

Character

The characters are all dressed very smartly and are in an office which suggests they are at an interview. It seems very secretive because one of the characters keeps mentioning something and whispers which gives the audience a sense of mystery because they want to know what their hiding.

One of the characters is stood up, suggests power and control over the situation.

There are three characters and one the right hand side there are two of them and on the left, only one. This suggests rivalry between the two groups because they are separated on screen and the clear divide is shown because of the long camera shot.

 Sound

There is background music whilst the titles are showing, this creates an eery and mysterious atmosphere because this enables the audience to know what type of film its going to be.

There is aspects of diologue in the opening but its very brief and limited to what it tells you.