My favourite film opening is for the film “The Silence of the lambs”. The film is a psychological thriller which was made in 1991 and directed by Jonathan Demme. In the film, Clarice Starling, a young FBI trainee, seeks the advice of the imprisoned Lecter on catching a serial killer known only as "Buffalo Bill". However Lecter is in prison because he is Cannibal.
I like the film opening for silences of the lambs because I found that it created a lot of suspense and made the audience want to watch the film. The first shot we see is of an airy Smokey forest. Straight away this got me intrigued and made me ask myself questions. Another reason why I got intrigued is because they have unusual airy music playing throughout the opening scene making the target audience believe that a climax is going to happen already. In addition you see a young woman running through the woods. This adds to the whole thriller theme and makes me wonder if she is running away from something/someone or were she is running to. I also believe that the camera following her from a birds eye view very slowly creates a stalker atmosphere. I liked this opening because it did not have a lot of special effects init like all the majority of 21st century films have in it. I also believed that it worked very well because all the editing was clear cut and was smooth.
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