Assessment 2 Analysis of opening sequence including title order

Sunset Boulevard
The film opens with the title on the curb of the road then as the camera pans down the road you get the title sequence.The camera then tilts up and the Homicide cars travel past the camera as the camera pans to the cars going further down the road. There is a jump cut as the cars get to their destination.It uses monetone throughout the sequence. As the cars turn up to the womans house sycronised sound is used for the sound of car doors being slammed. Voice-over naration is used throughout the scene from the point of view of the dead man.Slow loud drumming is used as the camera pans along the road during the title sequence.Through out the title sequence the loud drumming gets louder and faster, this could be to show that something bad happens at the start of the film. ambient sound is used at the start for the homicide squad. A jump cut is used to go further down the road so the audience can follow where the cars are going. Given how many cars are going to the house i think you could guess that either the person who has died is famous or the location of the death is famous. the location is LA and the house appears to be a mansion this suggests that whoever owns the house is fairly wealthy. The opening sequence ends with a long shot of the swimming pool and you can just about see the sillouette of someone laying in a swimming pool wearing what looks like a suit. however you cannot tell if the person is male or female, or which way up the person is facing.




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Starring; William Holden, Gloria Swanson and Erich Van Stroheim
With: Nancy Olson, Fred Clark, Lloyd Gough and Jack Webb
And: Cecil B. de Mille, Hedda Hopper, Buster Keaton, Anna Q. Nilsson, H. B. Warner, Franklyn Farnum, Ray Evans and Jay Livington
Written by: Charles Brackett, Billy Wilder and D.M. Marshman,JR
Director of Photography: John.F. Seitz
Art Director: Hans Dreier and John Meeham
Special Photographic Effects: Gordon Gennings
Process Photography: Farciot Edouart
Set Decoration: Sam Comer and Ray Moyer
Editorial Supervision:Doane Harrison
Costumes: Edith Head
Edited by: Arthur Schmidt
Makeup Supervision: Wally Westmore
Sound Recording: Harry Lindgren and John Cope
Assistant Director: C.C Coleman,JR
Music Score: Franz Waxman
Produced by : Charles Brackett
Directed by Billy Wilder