OPENING SCENE OF THE HISTORY OF VIOLENCE

The opening Scene of The history of Violence

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The opening scene of this movie is very important because we know who the main characters of the movie are, and we also get a sense of the character they will play. In this movie the opening starts with two men walking out of a restaurant and the surroundings of the area is very quiet. They get into the car and they realize they had run out of water, so the young man went back into the restaurant to get water. Then we notice the blood on the counter, and the two people shot dead on the floor. 

This then brings us to the conclusion that these two men were murders. 

Editing

The Editing of the movie starts off very slow in the beginning. introducing the neighborhood of their area and the two characters Leland Jones and Billy Orser. It then started to speed up when the young man went into the room to get water. It speed up whilst showing the surrounding of the motel and all the belongings that they own. 

Mise en Scene

The Mise en Scene concludes of a blue car, in which they use to drive them to their locations. There was a smartly dressed man and another man who was just wearing casual clothing, this shows to us that the man in the dressed in a smart suit is in charge of the man in the casual clothes. The settings of the opening is at a motel, they may have used this setting because a lot of killings usually happen at motels. Also the area of the motel was very quiet which makes the audience feel on edge, it also creates a sort of mysterious atmosphere.There was also a gun used in the opening showing that there is going to be violence in this movie as well as the title, it also shows to us that there is danger. Then we see the little girls doll, this is a comfort toy for the little girl seeing as her parents have just been murdered. This makes the audience feel more sympathy for the child, because there is nothing that she can do excepts cling onto her doll. 

Sound 

At first we are introduced with a drilling sound this is a non-diegetic sound seeing as we cannot see the drilling but we can hear it. Then there is the dialogue which goes on between the two males for a little while. Then there's the diegetic sound of the radio, we can see the source of sound which is why it is the diegetic sound, and also the sound of the car counts as a non diegetic sound as we can see that the sound it coming from the car. The man enters the restaurant, then as soon as we see the blood all of a sudden here is a backing track to show the suspense and tension of whats happening in that precise moment. Then there were little sounds being picked up for example the sound of the fly when the body were shown, this is a non-diegetic sound because we can hear the sound of the fly but we cant see the fly, and then the sound of him pouring water into the bottle, this is a diegetic sound because we can see him poring the water into the bottle. And lastly there's the diegetic sound of the gun being let off. 

Camera

At the beginning he used the tracking shot to show the surrounding of the neighborhood, it shows that the country that they are in is hot and mild. Then there's a steady shot when the two men are in conversation, this is to show that there's no drama happening at this moment. But then he goes into a Pan Shot when he is showing the whole of the restaurant, he scans around the whole room to show all of the contents in the room. Then there is a low angle to make the man look bigger and more powerful and in control, this was shown when the little girl appeared out of no where. He then used a point of view shot as he walked toward the little girl, then there was a extreme close up of him handling the gun.