Saturday, 6 October 2012

'Serpico' Opening Sequence

Serpico - 1973 - Sidney Lumet

  • Close up shot, dirty, dark, confusing, only colour is the red blood 
  • Police stations, telephones 
  • Close ups, shadows 
  • Shaking camera 
  • Dull colours, switch from busy to quiet scenes 
  • Dramatic, bustling, hectic, busy 
  • Begins with an enigma 
  • Begins with a sense of drama, sadness, action 
  • Unexplained 
  • Uncomfortable feeling 
  • Funeral, sad feel, melancholy 
  • Scenes are cramp views, awkward close-ups, uncomfortable following, mysterious darkness
  • Introduced characters and settings, police and police stations 
  • Implies that the main theme of the film is crime 
  • Story told slightly out of order, funeral scene and hospital scenes, film grammar suggests the two scenes are linked

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