analysis of silence of the lambs

Stry Board

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the film opens  with a C.U establishing shot of the woods and the camera remains stationary , this engages the audience as the setting is eerie and creepy  because there is fog and the trees are bare this also gives the viewer an idea of what genre the film is categorised in.  the genre is additionally emphasized  by the creepy soundtrack

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The credits that appear on the screen  are in the centre of the shot they are black and bold and complement the setting of the scene , this could also give the audience a clue to what the genre is ; as the titles appear on the screen the camera begins to pan downwards revealing a girl holding on to the rope and pulling herself up ; the camera is stationary and has revealed more of the setting by using an establishing shot  we can now see more of the forest and or woodland  the trees are completely bare and there is more fog and though there is natural light it still looks dim this could give the viewers the impression that something may happen to the woman this fact is also emphasized with the use of diegetic sound of the eagle calling    . its as if   the woman appeared from nowhere in a vacant place because of this  she immediately grabs the attention of  the viewers and we remain  focused on her.

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as the girl begins to jog  the camera switches to a medium shot whilst slowly tracking behind  her  as she is moving the scenery stays rather consistent except there is an increase in fog  the eerie music is still consistent.
While the girl is jogging the camera switches to a C.U medium shot of her the camera is placed in front of her and is retreating at the same pace that she is running   the background is now masked by the over powering fog there is no major story at the moment for now it seems that a girl is taking her morning jog in the woods alone .

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the woman now speeds up and begins to jog as she is jogging the camera is speedily tracking her  from a side c.u medium shot as she is running the camera does not avoid the tree stumps from being in the shot ,this is good as it does not seem like the camera is pursuing her but rather the audience/viewers.    the soundtrack's volume has increased slightly and so has the girls breathing rate  as she is running faster .

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while she is running it is revealed to the audience  /viewers that she is  on  some sort of training ground or agility course as she is approaching a climbing net  the shot is a c.u  medium shot  it also foreshadows that she is going to climb the net  there is still a mixture of non diegetic and diegetic sound .

as she climbs the net the camera pans quickly  around the  equipment to show her coming down the net . so far no other  story has been revealed our main focus is on her running through the woods/ obstacle course . after she successfully climbed the net she runs off again but this time the camera is not pursuing her but is staying stationary  this gives the audience hope that  her run has finished and she has remained safe .

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after her run she is told to head to see Crawford  when she is heading to the base more of the story is revealed we also are aware of the character's name   with an establishing shot we now know that it was a training ground and she is training or is a trainee for the FBI  the scenery  changed dramatically  the trees had more life and  there is now grass instead of those foggy eerie woods .The soundtrack additionally changed it was less eerie .

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when Darlene has entered the building she continues to make her way towards Crawford as she is approaching her destination  the camera uses a discovery shot to reveal that she in actual fact is heading towards  the behavioural sciences department . in addition the background music has stopped playing there is just diegetic sound

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when Darlene enters Crawford office she scans the room as she notices something shocking the there is a P.O.V shot so the audience can see why her facial expression changed  the audience is showed a wall filled with pictures of murder scenes . as she views them the non diegetic sound begins to play again to emphasize the horrific images .

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we them meet J. Crawford  and he is impressed with Darlene because of her achievements so far the camera is using shot reverse shot to show the conversation between the two the story has built up significantly from when he was running in the woods .