A Short 'Slience Of The Lambs' Opening Scene Analysis

A short 'Slience Of The Lambs' opening scene analysis

The scene starts with a establishing shot of a forest. The camera then pans down to a girl on her own in the forest. This is a typical opening for a horror thriller genre. They show the girl to be vulnerable by using a high angle shot looking down at her climbing the hill. This camera angle makes the girl look smaller and makes her look like a potential victim of a murder. It then shows her running through the forest. This is done to make it look like she is running away from the murder. It then shows us that she is working with the FBI by a man saying 'He wants to see you in his office'. It then shows four signs saying 'Hurt', 'Agony', 'Pain' and 'Love-It' which foreshadows the film. It then show her going into the compound walking through the rooms and getting into the lift. The have put taller men in the lift to make her look smaller and more vulnerable.

I have researched this opening because  it has a good, typical setting for a thriller.It also subverts convention of a normal thriller by making the woman a part of the FBI and not a victim.