Clockwerkornge opn analsis

1. CLOCKWORK
ORANGE
OPENING
ANALYSIS
BY ALEX WARNER

2. CLOCKWORK ORANGE
OPENING
Stanley Kubrick's 1971 Clockwork orange starts with bright coloured titles with
white text over the top and then a scene in which the camera slowly tracks away
from Alex’s face and reveals the environment and room he’s In with his ‘3
droogs’ in the the korova milk bar set in dystopian future.

3. OPENING TITLES
The opening titles show the 3 different coloured screens with creepy
synthesisers playing over the top. I think that Kubrick used this different colour
sequence to allow the different themes within the movie to stand out to his
audience as soon as they start watching the film. As the first thing the audience
see is a red screen this could be used to represent the colour of blood to show
the theme of ultra violence within the film. However the blue titles with Kubrick
name on might have been as a contrast from the bright red to engage the
audience.

4. ALEX MID SHOT
The start of the scene starts with a slow zoom out/tracking shot of
the camera moving away from Alex’s face. As you can see, Alex is
looking directly into the camera which gives off a creepy
uncomfortable feeling towards the audience as the music also
gives off the same ambiance

5. ALEX AND HIS 3 DROOGS
This shot within the scene shows Alex’s ‘3 droogs’ which are seen within
the scene as by his side, relaxed, with there feet up on the erotic furniture
and drinking milk. This scene engages the audience as it slowly
introduces new characters within the film

6. ALEX’S NARRATIVE
The use of non diegetic sound over the top of the slow zoom out
gives a creepy futuristic effect due to the movement of the camera.
Alex’s narrative over the soundtrack gives the audience an idea of
what the film is about and tells them about the situation there in and
where they are. Alex’s cockney accent lets the audience understand
the regional identity of the film and the characters
“There was me, that is Alex, and my three
droogs, that is Pete, Georgie and Dim and
we sat in the Korova milkbar trying to make
up our rassoodocks what to do with the
evening. The Korova Milk Bar sold
milkplus, milk plus vellocet or synthemesc
or drencrom which is what we were
drinking. This would sharpen you up and
make you ready for a bit of the old ultra-
violence. Our pockets were full of money so
there was no need on that score, but, as
they say, money isn't everything.”

7. SLOW ZOOM OUT
The slow zoom out of Alex’s face allows the audience to see the
progression of the room and to learn about the environment of the
Korova milk bar. The zoom out allows the audience to depict the
weirdness in the dystopian future that the film is set in. The mise
en scene and aesthetics in this scene is very ambiguous, explicit
and weird which relates to the creepiness and weirdness of the
movie