opening to Donnie darko
The first shot we see is an
extreme long shot of someone laying on the road, at this point the viewer cant
tell if they are dead or alive. To start with this shot is very strange as it
instantly makes the audience question who this is and what are they doing
there? And more importantly are they dead?
There is no dialogue as the
camera tracks in slowly getting closer to the body on the road. There are no
edits for a whole minute as the shot changes from ELS to MS and the only noise
is ambient sound of birds making noise until the tracking stops and then a
piano non diegetic soundtrack starts.
The characters facial
expression and costume is questionable as he appears to be wearing pyjamas and
he starts to laugh but in this shot we can clearly see he is alone so why he is
laughing is not answered because there is nobody around him to ask. Lighting in
this shot is dark and sets the time of day, it must be morning as it looks like
hes just woken up. What he has been doing all night hasn’t been answered yet,
this draws the viewers in.
after this shot the title
appears.
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