The document discusses three films or TV shows that are similar to the opening scene described: Changing Lanes, Power, and Suits. In Changing Lanes, two characters accidentally mix up important items, causing problems. This is like the opening scene where Andrea is rushing to an important interview. Power and the opening scene both feature a character who leads a double life, being successful in their professional career but also involved in criminal activities. Suits also relates to the opening scene in that both involve an individual trying to escape their past life and make a new start through a job in law.

1. CHANGING LANES
One filmwhichissimilartoouropeningscene is ChangingLanes.Thisfilminfluencedouropening
scene inthe sense thattwo individualsaccidentlybumpintoeachotherwhichthenaffectsthem.
The similarityisthatinfilmthe two individualspickupthe wrongitemswhichare vital toboth of
them,whichthenleadsthemtobeinglate.Inouropeningscene Andreaisrushingtoherinterview
as she is desperatelytryingtochange herlife andnotgo downthe wrongroute.Thisis also similar
to the actor Samuel LJackson role in the filmashe was a recoveringalcoholictryingtoprove tothe
courts that he iscleanand no longerabusingthe intake of alcohol.
The picture belowismid-shotwhichshow the twoindividualshavingaconversation,the Mise-en-
scene isa character wearingdarkformal clothes,low-keylightingwhichsuggeststhattheyare notin
a publicplace andare havinga private conversation.Youcouldalsoargue thatthe white race is
more dominantthanthe black race inthissituationasyoucan see thatthe white manis leadingthe
conversationwhilstholdingafile andthe blackman’shandgesturesare implicatingtryingtobe
understanding. There isalsoafigure of a white male whichcouldportraythatinregardsto this
situationthe white race it’smore dominant.
POWER
Powerisa seriesstarring50 cent,LelaLorenis similartoour openingscene intermsof the story.
Thisrelatestothe male inour openingscene ashe ishighlyprofessional butalsolivesadouble life
where he handlesdrugbusinessall overAmerica.Thisissimilartoour characteras he isa lawyerbut
alsois involvedinthe life of crime bybeingthe mainleaderof a drug deal. Thisanoverthe shoulder
shot,where there islow-keylighting,twomeninthe frame,close upshotandinthe background
there isa windowwhere youcansee twotall buildingswhichsuggestsacorporate environment,this
isalso shownthroughthe formal dressinghence the whiteshirtandthe darkjacket.Thissuggests
that itis a businessmeeting.

2. SUITS
AnotherseriesisSuits,thisalsorelatestoouropeningsequence asanindividual whoisinvolvedin
drugsis tryingto escape fromthe police butendsupin an interview foralaw firm.He then
surprisinglymanagestogetthe jobwithouthavinggraduate fromUniversity,ashe impressedthe
interviewerwithhisknowledgeof law.Thisissimilartoouropeningscene asthe story issimilarto
the character in ourcharacters. There are twomenpositionedinthe middle of the frame,where
there ismid-keylightinginamid-shot,where theyare bothwearingthe same colouredshirtwhich
suggeststhatit issome type of uniform.Theyare shakinghandswhichcan suggestthatthere may
have beensome conflictbetweenthemwhichtheyare resolving.Theirfacial expressionsaswell as
bodyare veryrelaxed.There isalsoawindow withbarswhichcan suggestitmaybe a prisonso
meaningthe theyare institutionalised.Onthe table there isaphotographof a childin the middle of
the men,the connotationisthat theymaybe havinganagreementinregardstothe person.