Silence of the lambs

The film starts with some shots of a woman running through a dark, misty wood. Gradually becomes apparent that she is running an assault course.The first part of the opening is filmed in some dimly lit woods. This shows some isolation and gives the shot a creepy feel. We are not sure if she is running away from something or not. There is a girl running through the woods for a long time when tittle credits are shown as well as other names in a simple non-complicated font to show it is a simple story film with no complications it is horror and the tittles come in from production companies,tittles, actors and then the director after other positions in between. The music sets the mood to unease and it continues to show her run. Key props are used to show where the film is based, e.g. FBI cap on the male protagonist with the FBI cap on and murder scene pictures on the wall of the room suggests a FBI unit. There is a P.O.V shot of her looking at the wall to show she is interested in the pictures and information and will show that her and the news on the wall will me connected at one point in the film. There key actress is shown (Jodie Foster) stating immediately that she is the main character. Close ups, establishing shots, wide shots and panning shots are used to capture the scene. There is minimal talking and the most of the scene is just who dedicates her time to work in a male dominant work space there is an apparent masculine blue theme of male dominance when she enters the building as well as props such as guns that connote that the workplace is mostly for the male gender.