3. The opening slide offers a chronological establishment to the setting, scenario and (in
this case), the time period in which the first chapter is set. This not only helps the
audience understand the scene but also intrigues them.

4. The first Camera shot we see is an establishing shot with the year of the scene. This shot tells us more than it
needs to by showing a farm house in the distance outside which a man is present, who we initially see chopping
wood. The background inaugurates the idea that it is set on a hilly area.
The diegetic sound of the birds chirping an the wood chopping creates the atmosphere of an ordinary day.

5. The next shot is a close-up panning view of the man we saw
earlier. Again the diegetic sound of the axe creates a rhythmic
momentum.
The next shot slowly introduces the first non-diegetic sound of the
music piece the “Fϋr Elise”. This is supposedly an elegant piece
of music yet it confuses the audience as the woman shows a
puzzled look on her face as we see a vehicle in the distance from
an over-shoulder camera shot.
The background music also changes as the next shot appears.
In this shot the man is seen apparently speaking in a language
which is yet to be identified, however, the subtitles make it clear
that even later, there will be moments at which some of the
dialogue might be in a language other than English. This shot
also creates a bit of curiosity the man is seen telling to other
characters to stay inside. This creates a subtle mood of unease.

6. This close up provides the audience a The following shot uses the camera
view of the man‟s impassive face. It movement known as tracking to follow the
portrays the man‟s emotions, which are mysterious, yet highly ranked man in the
progressively displayed as petrified. long coat. This delivers the idea that he
was their for something significant.
This shot above is an extreme close up of the two men. This shot uses juxtaposition to put
both men in equal positions, this helps expose the contrasts between the two men as their
costumes are polar opposites, as the man in formal wear is portrayed as a man who
demands respect and the woodchopper- as a humble working class man. The dialogue also
helps by identifying the character we had seen from the start.

7. The diegetic sound of the birds Diegetic Non-Diegetic
chirping an the wood chopping Birds Chirping Fϋr Elise
creates the atmosphere of an Wood Chopping Mexican mariachi
ordinary day. The axe also band
creates a rhythmic momentum. Car Engine
The first non-diegetic sound of Water
the music piece the “Fϋr Elise”.
This is supposedly an elegant
piece of music yet it confuses
the audience as the woman
shows a puzzled look on her
face as we see a vehicle in the
distance, when it is first heard.

8. There were no obvious uses of editing in this opening scene as it was all meant to be
very simple as it was based in the 1940‟s.
However, I was able to identify the use of an eye line match when the SS Marshal Is
looking at the three daughters of the farmer, here we see over shoulder shot of the
marshal and their father:
Here we see an eye line match of
the three daughters from the SS
man‟s perspective. This would
normally be used to allow the
audience to put themselves in the
characters shoes, but here it is
used to create a sense of empathy
for the daughters.

9. Establishing Low Angle Over Shoulder
Shot Shot Shot
Medium Close Up Extreme Close Tracking Shot
Shot Up
Over Shoulder Point Of View
Shot Shot Silhouette Shot
Extreme Close Medium Shot Point Of View
Up Shot

10. Tilting Tracking
Zoom-in

11. The LIGHTING in the room created dark areas in
the house in order to make it look like they did not
have any light inside the house
The SCENERY was wild and hilly in order to make it
look like it was in the mountains near the border of
France and Germany.
The DÉCOR was simple and mainly made of wood
in order to show that they did not have a rich
standard of living and that they were working class.
The COSTUMES were very carefully selected in
order to show the best contradiction in lifestyles of
the family and the SS officer.
The PROPS also depicted the idea that the SS
officer was richer, as when the two men smoked
their pipe, the officer‟s pipe was larger and more
luxurious than the farmers.

12. This shot above is an extreme close up of the two men.
This shot uses juxtaposition to put both men in equal positions, this helps expose
the contrasts between the two men as their costumes are polar opposites, as the
man in formal wear is portrayed as a man who demands respect and the
woodchopper- as a humble working class man.
This represents the polar (opposite) classes that they are characterized as.
Also, inside the man‟s house, the SS „s stance as compared to the man‟s
posture, is almost robotic.