How does the opening engage/create interest for the audience?
The opening of the Enemy of state is where an old man is killed by another group of people, and this makes us wounder why this even occurred, by having this before the opening titles it makes you stay and watch the entire movie because you are so curious why this has happened, and what was the motive to go with the assassination. Also Will Smith is in the movie and because he is such a famous actor people will want to watch it because people are aware of his work.
Does it establish characters? How?
The start of the movie it introduces various minor actors that are there for the scene, but there is also main characters that have been shown to play a big part in the movie, for example Will Smith is the main character in the movie, he is shown as a dodgy lawyer, this is because he pays £10,000 for a video tape that has incriminating evidence against another man. Right at the start of the movie we meet the chairman and another man, and because the chairman didn't agree with what the other man was saying, so he was assassinated, but was made to look like a drug overdose and the car was pushed into the lake.
Does the opening introduce themes, mood or story/narrative? How?
Straight away you felt like something bad was going to happen, and it put a dreary mood as soon as it began, you felt like betrayal was among them, the also mentioned national security which then makes us feel like they are under attack on numerous occasions, one way of them introducing themes and moods is the setting, when the chairman was killed it was 6:45 in the morning and at that time no one is around so its a perfect time to kill someone, and the music to go with it also makes it have a tension in the air which makes people want to watch on.
How are the opening titles displayed?
The opening titles are displayed with a video clip in the background playing, with an audio track as well to get your attention, the opening titles are with a cctv or satellite images as the background clips, this is a really good opening titles because it makes you think that the characters and you are being watched continually by the government, and some letters are different like the E's are changed to have jagged edges for the actors names if they have an E in it.
How is enigma established?
This particular movie is based all around enigma, and the enigma begins as soon as the movie starts, this is where we see the old man early in the morning with his dog, and the other men in black suits and another old man in a car, the both look like they know each other but agree on different things, and then when he is a about to leave in his car he is injected with a substance which kills him, but then they made it look like a drug overdose. This makes us think why did this happen and many other mysterious questions that we want to know, so it hooks you into the movie more and more.
Mise-en-scene
The mise-en-scene is everything you seen on the plot, so one example is the clothes worn in the movie. Different types of clothing represent different levels of hierarchy, for example this is show when the old man with his dog, he is wearing formal wear and the other man is in a suit and this gives you power levels and this is because the better dressed you are the more powerful you are according to the movie.
The use of audio contributes hugely towards the suspense and interest of the movie and the audience, when the old man is killed audio is played to add another element to the action which is better then having no soundtrack.Use of soundtrack
Use of diegetic sound
Diegetic sound is the sound within the movie, so sounds of the voices actors and the sound of sound like the car hitting the waterCamera Shots & Special Effects
There were not any special visual effects during the opening of the movie, but there were numerous different camera angles, the first shot is a long establishing shot, this is used when you want to show the audience the location of where tge shots taking place.
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