The opening sequence to The Silence Of The Lambs begins in total darkness, all we hear is incidental music. This music is filled with loud grand violins. This gives a very dramatic start to the movie suggesting that it will be filled with breath taking moments. The darkness fades to reveal a bare tree, this connotes emtiness and isolation. In the bottom right hand corner in white style font reads where the movie is taking place at that moment in time. This sets the scene helping the viewers to feel more involved in the film.
The first person we see is Jodie Foster. She is presnted from a high angle. This suggest to the viewer that she is weak and fimble. Women are often presented in this way in films as they are seen as the 'damsel in disstress'. This is done so men can be used as the heroic protagonist which can swoop in and save the day. In this case we see no men comming to help. She is challenging sterotypes and fighting for herself.
Jodie Foster is then presented from a low angle looking up at her as she reaches the top. This again challenges the sterotype women face in the film industry and reveals that this character fights for what she wants.
Once she reaches the top she is seen running away from the camera. The camera stays in a mid shot at the same distacne behind her. This connotes that she may be running away from something or someone. Over the top of her running are titles are actos, actresses and people who took part in the making of this film. They are presented in the centre of the screen in bold black capitialsed font with a white rim. This makes them stand out considerable in comoarrsion to the previous font stating where the scene was taken place. This connotes that these people are of more importance and the director wanted the viewers to know who was there to help the creation of this film.
In this close up on Jodie foster we see the determination on her face. This tells us a little bit about this characters personality as she is commited.
This is a low angle of jodie foster climbing a climbing aparatus. This is now clear to the viewer that she is not running away from someone or something but running a course. This angle demonstrates the power she has gained over the track and the lengths she is willing to go to to progress. The climb symbolises an obsticle she may have to come across during the film.
In this shot we see Jodie Foster arguable unessersarily flip over the net. This is done to demonstrate the strength she posses as a women, contradicting all sterotypes put against women in thriller movie conventions.
This is a low angle of jodie foster climbing a climbing aparatus. This is now clear to the viewer that she is not running away from someone or something but running a course. This angle demonstrates the power she has gained over the track and the lengths she is willing to go to to progress. The climb symbolises an obsticle she may have to come across during the film. 
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