Representation in Silence of the Lambs and Usual Suspects

The opening scene of Silence Of The Lambs shows a woman running in a forest. I high angle shot is used to make she look small and vulnerable.She is very out of breathe and because of the low key lighting and racing me music we think that she is running from someone or something.It is not until she comes to some obstacles that we realise she is on an obstacle course, at this point we still do not know why. She looks strong and Determined because of her being able to complete the obstacles she comes across. She is called over by a man who is of a higher power than her as she refers to him as sir. We now find out that it is a police obstacle course because he is wearing an FBI cap.

Her strong persona is not the same when she is indoors and surrounded but people that have more knowledge of the job than her. We are shown her in experience by her intrigued look at the guns being made. She is shown to look weak and insignificant when in the lift as she is surrounded by tall men in uniform and she is in tracksuits and a lot smaller than them.

The signs in the headquarters look very formal because of their bold font and boldness. The people there look like they have for experience and know what they are doing where as she doesn't know where she is going or what to do. When standing in the office she has her hands behind her back this shows respect for the person she is waiting for as he is of more authority than her. The photos on the wall indicate something bad because of them being of body parts and also the creepy music that is being played.

In the film Usual Suspects the opening credits are shown on what appears to be a camera panning across a lake or water. The writing is long and scratchy which is not very friendly. This continues for a long time and we are held in suspense as we are waiting for something to happen.

It then cuts to a man looking troubled in a low key lighted room. He looks as if he is trying to kill himself because he is in a ring of fire. He is approached someone wearing a black coat we do not know anything about this person but we can tell by the mans reaction that he is the antagonist. We do not know the relationship between these people. We then here a gun shot and a fire ball explodes from the building. We are left no knowing what has happened. Through the opening Credits an eerie soundtrack is played but then stops when the man appears.