The document analyzes and summarizes the opening sequence of The Matrix. It discusses the dull and boring lighting in the few shots shown. It notes that most of the sequence is CGI or a recorded computer screen, with only zooming in on the text for camera movements. When the camera shows a real police officer, it uses a crab movement across his face to show him and others in one continuous shot rather than several edits. Electronic music is used throughout to add effect during cuts and zooms that sync up with climaxes in the music. A green filter is used for the production and directing company logos, edited using software. It poses questions about the meaning of the numbers at the beginning, what "Matrix" means, why

1. THE MATRIX
OPENING SEQUENCE
ANALYSIS
By Ryan Sue

2. 
There is not much I can say for the mise-en-scene seeing at there
is about two or three shots of the actual opening, because this
clip that I have seen focuses mainly on the opening titles, and
more computer type things within the scene, this still comes
under mise-en-scene because the lighting in the few shots that
we do see is very dull and boring.
MISE-EN-SCENE

3. 
Most of the first part of the opening sequence is CGI or done by
recording a computer screen so there is not much there to
comment on with any camera movements apart from the
zooming in of the camera on the text.
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When the camera is out of the computer and in real life there is a
crab movement on the police officer so it slides across his face so
you can fully see him and the others that are coming up behind
him and passing him this adds effect because it is all done in one
shot where normally it would be done in several so it is not all
dragged out with slow pace editing but because the camera is
moving it gives a good effect.
CAMERAWORK

4. 
There is not much sound to this opening sequence at the
beginning apart from some electronic music that is used to add
effect to the zooming in on the text and then when it cuts to
another shot just past the text, they do this to add effect and it fits
in really well when the cuts are sync nicely with the sound of the
music and the climaxes in the music.
SOUND

5. 
A green filter is used throughout the opening with the production
and directing companies with are normally in different colours, so
this is done by using editing techniques on the software they used
to edit the opening sequence.
EDITING

6. 
Why is there all them numbers are the beginning?
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What does Matrix mean?
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Why are the police looking for the girl?
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What has she done wrong?
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Why does she not look worried?
QUESTION’S ASKED