The document provides an analysis of the opening sequence of a film called "Solitude". It summarizes that the sequence implies the main character experienced childhood trauma and abuse, may have committed a crime, and someone killed his mother, leaving him in a state of oblivion. It effectively intrigues viewers by showing his facial expressions, triggering a flashback with a question about his mother, and ending with sirens to suggest something bad occurred. The character elicits empathy and the psychologist seems cold. The rest of the plot may detail his childhood, the events leading to the psych ward, and whether he heals from trauma. The flashback and editing were done well while the flashback was also confusing.

1. SOLITUDE

2. WHAT IS THE FILM ABOUT? HOW DO WE KNOW?
- Child hood trauma - possible abuse - from the brusises on his face at the birthday party
- Maybe Committed a crime - prison, questioning room, pshycward from the psychiatrist saying ‘this
isn’t going to work if you don’t talk to me’ suggesting she wants to help him
- Sound effect of buzz of a security door
- Someone killed his mum - possibly him or an abusive partner
- Man is in a state of oblivion - always has bland facial expressions and no emotion in his face
- Thriller from the bold font ‘solitude’ is shown in at the end and the sirens played suggesting
something bad has happened

3. HOW DOES THE OPENING SEQUENCE MAKE PEOPLE WANT TO
WATCH MORE OF THE FILM?
- Music
- Zoom out to reveal more of his face
- Man staring into camera
- The black screen
- Low intensity lighting
- Facial expression is very simple
- Body language
- ‘Tell me about your mum’ - triggers flashback which makes you want to know more about what
happened to him and his mum

4. WHO ARE THE CHARACTERS? WHAT ARE WE MEANT TO FEEL
ABOUT THEM?
- Man - Feel empathy for him
- Child /younger version - birthday party, seems sad, depressed in a situation where he should
be happy
- Physiologist / questioner - quite cold
- Mum - gets killed by someone either
an abusive partner or maybe the son

5. WHAT DO YOU THINK THE REST OF PLOT LINE WOULD
BE?
- Details of what happening
- Events that made him end up in a psych ward
- Childhood
- His future - if he gets better, heals from his
trauma and gets out of the psych ward

6. ASPECT WHICH WERE GOOD
- Flashback - intrigues you and makes you want to watch
more and know more about what happened
- Editing overlapping of clips in the flashback
- Lack of colour in phsyc ward scenes compared
to childhood scenes

7. ASPECT WHICH WERE BAD
- Confusing in the flashback as to what’s going on
- What happened to the mum - did he do it or not