Greg's Analysis
The Conversation
This opening is very different to the other openings: This opening is a long take. It starts as an extreme long shot of this park or square with a monument in the middle. we are not given a name of the location, but we know from this shot that it is probably a big town or city. I say this because they don't put monuments that tall in villages. In this shot, the audience are wondering why start the film like this, and not like a normal film, and why this park is so significant.
We see the long shot start to zoom into the centre of the park, and we can see more of what's in the park. Because of the tall shadows, we can't see much of the right side of the park, so we are looking at the middle and left side. Because it is zooming into the middle of the park, we are wondering what is so important in the middle of the park that they want us to see.
On the left side is the most interesting thing in the park: The mime. The camera is still zooming in, but now it pans to the left, focusing us more on the mime. We now know that the focus isn't in the centre of the park, but in fact, this mime. We know are wondering why we are focused on this mime. What significance does he have to the story?
At this point, the mime goes over to a man in a grey jacket and mimics him. He's been doing this a lot throughout the sequence, so we don't think about it too much. The man is wearing all grey, which is a symbol of mystery. The man then starts walking, and the mime follows him.
While he is walking the Mime stops being the centre of attention, it's the man in grey who becomes the focus. We follow this man up the park until we cut to another shot. We don't see this man's face, so we don't know what he looks like until he turns around. The audience are now wondering why are we following this man now, and what significance does he have? This opening isn't suspenseful, but it does raise questions about some characters that need answering throughout the rest of the film.
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