The document provides an analysis of the opening sequence of the film "Lord of War." It summarizes each shot in detail. The sequence traces a bullet from its production in a factory through various stages until it is loaded into a gun and fired into a human victim. Each shot is examined for the techniques used, such as camera angles, lighting, and imagery, to set the tone of the film as a thriller and highlight themes of violence and war. The detailed analysis shows how the sequence subtly builds intrigue around the bullet's journey and leaves the viewer wondering why it was used to shoot the young victim at the end.

1. Elise Hurst

2. LORD OF WAR.
During the opening sequence, the audience trace the path of
a bullet from production to its entry into a human body. This
incredible opening for Lord of War. In this you see its in a
factor which hits to the mystery, you cant tell this is a thriller
movie by the first few seconds, but leads you to wonder
what is happening and where this is.

3. The low angle shot shows the whole picture of where the
camera is, in the bullet production factory. The use of a
low angle shot could show that the bullet has power
over people, as its kind of at a higher status as it has the
most power. The affect this has is that it relates more to
a thriller film as a common theme in a thriller film is
violence and violence is hinted when a bullet or gun is
shown.

4. The first view of the title is simple but has full
capitals shows that it is giving more hints to the
audience. The factory in the back ground is sill
relating to the fact that we are following a bullet
through the stages of the production. This also
creates a sense of mystery as there is quite dark
background colours.

5. The people in this shot are in uniform which
means they are working for the company which
the bullets are being produced by, the dark
background behind the names make them
stand out. The different rooms and sections of
the factory make it interesting for the audience
as they wonder what is going to happen next.

6. The shot this is using makes it more intresting
and shows that the camera is following the one
bullet completely, the fact that you can see the
man examining the bullet through his fingers is
really clever. The dirt on his fingers hints that the
job he is doing is very time consuming and hard
work.

7. This is showing the audience that the bullets
have travelled and now on a ship, the use of the
man wearing uniform shows the importance this
bullet might have. Violence is also key and that
is a key theme of a thriller.

8. The effect of the bullet falling, shows the
audience where about it is, the palm trees hint
to the audience that it is in a hot country. The
use of the bullet rolling along the floor and then
someone picking it up shows the importance of
every bullet during war. War is also a key theme
of a thriller film.

9. The close up shot of the fingers loading the gun
highlights the importance of every last bullet and
shows how much use it would be. The gun
highlights the thriller genre, and makes us (the
audience) wonder who the man loading the gun is
going to shoot and why. This makes the audience
want to carry on watching.

10. This shows the final part of the bullets travel, going into
this boys head. This is a thriller genre as it has violence.
The background shows a poor background in a hot
country because of the sunlight. This makes the
audience want to carry on watching as they don’t know
why this is happening to this young man that looks more
like a boy than a man.