Researching Film openings - Book of eli

The Book of Eli

For my second choice of film I will be researching 'The book of eli' as it fits in with the genre I am doing for my final film , post apocolyptic.

This is the very opening scene in 'The book of eli' this shows a man alone in the desert, this makes the audience question why he is there and why he's alone. Also shows him as a sillouette which contrasts the background, shows he is secretive and trying to stay under the radar.

This shows a closer up image of the character in the first screen shot, it shows him wearing a head scarf around his mouth, this is to protect his identity, also gets the audience questioning why he wants to protect his identity.

This is another screen shot from the film opening, in this shot, a dissolve is used in this shot to keep the continuity in the scene, shows the character close up and shows the character in the distance.

In this shot it is showing a long shot of the character, this implies the character has been walking for a long time as the same background it used and the sky is becoming darker, this makes the audience again question the film on why he is walking for this long and where he is walking to.

This is another shot basically showing the title of the film, pathetic fallacy has been used as the dark sky background could reflect the dark mood of the film

 

Mise en scene.

Costumes - In the book of eli, the character is wearing a head scarf around his mouth and he is also wearing glasses, this is to protect his identity, also gets the audience questioning why he wants to protect his identity, this ties in with the fact that he is in a desert also. The bag pack shows that he has alot of valuable things in there, such as clothes and weapons etc, this is to protect him against the dangers of being on his own.

Lighting - In the Book of eli, lighting has been used in order to create an effect on the audience, the light background in the first shot contrasts with the dark background in the last shot, this shows the character has been walking for a long time and its becoming dark. Also the dark sky background could have connotations of death and darkness, the director has used this to create a dark and mysterious mood, showing something bad is going to happen.