This document provides an analysis of opening clips from a Godzilla film through a series of summaries: The opening cave drawing represents the ancient origins of the creature. Subsequent images show biblical references and legends along with a closeup of a jaw implying danger. Official documents mention many casualties and something being covered up. Black and white footage from the early 1900s shows a large natural structure in the water. A typewriter keys "monster" referring to Godzilla. An image shows a soldier with locals, placing the film in Asia. Most of the clips are old official documents and footage implying a lost submarine caused by a large creature. Nuclear bombs are used in an attempt to destroy it. Found footage shows a

1. 9.) Godzilla Analysis

2. This opening clip of a cave drawing
represents the age and origins of what
might be at hand. This image is one of
the few clips revealing what might be
installed. The rest of the sequence is
mainly vague. The head of the creature is
blackened out and isn't shown. This
leaves any identity hidden.

3. This second image shows different
sorts of bibliography and myths and
legends. The shot is quite simple
and just shows the image with little
editing.

4. The closeup of the jaw implies danger
and an attack of some sort. Animals
often use their mouths to kill. The
names are being crossed out as they
appear. This is to show the government
trying to cover up something or hide
something.

5. This document states that ‘many
killed and wounded’ and the word
‘blown’ is slightly shown. The
document is quite old due to the
font and the condition of the paper.

6. This the report states that the
government are trying to cover
something up and that they are
‘denying’ something. This is
backed up by the covering up of
the words. There is dim light and
little is revealed.

7. This clip which is in black and white
which sets a date or an era, shows a
natural-like structure in the water. From
the size of the waves we can see that it
is quite large. Only the back of it is
revealed, coming out the water.

8. In this extreme closeup of a time writer
typing the word ‘monster’. This specific use
of wording is key due to Godzilla’s title being
‘king of the monsters’. The type writer
reveals that the clip is old and so are the
others, giving a background to the film first.

9. This image shows a solider of some sort
taking a picture with a group of people. The
people look Asian and from the houses in the
background look quite poor. This lets the
audience know where the film might be set or
where the origins may have come from.

10. Most of the sequence is a collection of different documents
and footage from the early 1900’s. This article states that
there was a lost submarine. The size of the creature that
we saw in a previous clip implying that that might have
been the cause. The use of of the official documents show
that what they are dealing with is important and very
dangerous.

11. This clip is in colour and this implies that time has passed and
nothing has been done about it. The nuclear bomb shows that
what ever the creature is they are trying to destroy is large and
not easy to kill. The face on the bomb is of a animal not know to
man. The helicopters in the background also show re-
enforcements juts in case.

12. This found footage clip shows the explosion and the size. The
wave of water coming towards the shore implies that it may be the
cause of several natural disasters that the government have tried to
cover up, linking the previous clips. The trees show that the
destination may be somewhere tropical of hot and from other clips
it is implied that it may be Japan, China or Korea.

13. At the very end of the sequence the title is finally revealed.
The font is clean and crips showing it may be quite
modern. The title doesn't take up much of the screen
which is a juxtaposition to the size of the creature. The use
of the word ‘god’ implies something great and powerful
hinting back to the myths and legends drawings.