Titanic 2 Minute Opening

Titanic Opening Scene

In the opening scene of titanic is very calm and relaxing as it is a romance and a drama film and it is vintage as it was filmed in the 90's. The scene starts with all the passengers saying goodbye to their loved one whilst they aboard the ship and then there is just a clip of the ocean and submarines underneath the water. There isn't really many characters in the opening scene as it is just a bunch of passengers waving on board to there parents who are standing on the decks. The scene location is very much a ship ready to go out to sea it looks quite cold as people where wrapped up warm. The costumes that the passengers were wearing were very vintage, with men wearing old fashion suits and a cap and women wearing dresses that came just below the knee. This shows that titanic was an old fashioned movie and is based on a true story. The audience may be interested in what the film has to offer as people might want to know what really happened 100 years ago and how emotionally tragic it was for people in that day and age.

The sound effects used is the backing music of Celine Dion " My Heart Will Go On"  as this is the main song used in the film. This gives an affect on the audience as it is quiet an emotional song and having it at the start really shows that its going to be an emotional film. The effects of the film are very dull and the colour in the picture is very dull and vintage as it was filmed in the 90's so the effects weren't as good then, but when you get near the end of the scene you see a great picture of the ocean and the submarines. The body language used in the opening is very loving as they are saying good bye to there loved ones and thousands of people are on this big boat getting to know each other, the feelings are quite emotional.

In the opening 2 minutes there are a few key shots used, for instance the first few seconds are a low shot of the boat making the boat look bigger on scene. There is also a panning shot of the relatives waving to there loved ones of the boat. there is a few medium shots of the people on the boat. Also there is a lot of tracking as the camera is moving up and down to get a moving shot. Finally there is a zoom in shot of the submarines underneath the sea at the end of the opening. Overall in the opening makes the audience fell quite emotional as it is quite hard to leave your loved ones and especially with the song it makes it quite unique and soothing.