1. Touch Of Evil
Director: Orson Welles
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The opening sequence to Touch Of Evil shows the Universal
International logo so we know who the film has been made
by.The film was set in the 50’s just before colour was
invented which is why it is all in black and white. The men in
the film are wearing suits, trench and fedora hats. These are
all conventions of film noir.
The first shot we see is a close up of a bomb. Dramatic Irony
is used as the bomb is put in the back of a car. The
characters don’t in the scene don’t know this but the
audience watching do know. This makes it more interesting
as it they are waiting for the bomb to explode.It starts with a
dolly shot also known as a tracking shot. Whilst the camera
is moving along the man goes off the camera and we see his
shadow on the wall to show he is running past it. It then
moves up as we see him get into his car and drive off.A
continuous dolly shot is used throughout the opening
sequence as it concentrates on two people and a car. The
two people are walking through streets on the road and
paths past shops while a lot of people are about and the car
is driving through the same places where they are walking.
This makes the audience think that these people must be the
main characters. There is a lot of blocking by other
characters walking past the camera when the main
characters are talking. This makes the film more real for
when the audience is watching it.
The music is asynchronous in the background, which is
upbeat and jazzy. As the car drives up the road a policeman
blows his whistle as if he is a lollipop man stopping the

2. traffic to let people cross the road. The whistle is known as
synchronous, diegetic sound.
At the end of the short scene the man kisses the woman and
hears a bang. He then looks and sees an explosion. This is an
eyeline match because as he looks we see what he is looking
at.