Analysis of Night and City

Analysis of night in the city opening

Credits

The start of the film the names of the three main actors come up. To show the audience that there is good well-known characters in it.

Title

Then night in the city comes up in big elegant writing. The title font should suggest that there is a romantic element to it.

Location

This Opening establish setting. You know we are in London because we see Big Ben this is called an establishing shot. Its set at night

Narration

Right at the beginning of the opening there is a voice over by the protagonist. Music is calm and peaceful this is none diegetic sound then the music turns into fast paced dramatic music.

Camera angels and editing

There is a long-angled camera shot of a small figure running across the inner suburbs of London. Dure in the chase scene at the start there is a lot of short clips of the two men running. The protagonist is wearing a light-colored suit and weight flower this shows purity and id the good guy the flower he wears connotes he is a dreamer possibly. And the other man at the end you only see his shadow which is dark this could suggest that he is a bad guy.