Mad Max Opening Scene Analysis
One genre indicator that shows that this is a Science Fiction film is that the characters can alter into different people. This is shown when Max is running down the hallway in the desert building and he bumps into a young girl and a old man. When he sees them, the little girl's faces changes into a skull and the man's eyes turn red, which makes him look like a demon. Also, at the beginning of the scene, we see a two headed lizard sitting on a rock. This indicates Science Fiction, as it is a fictional animal.
One question that the audience would be asking is who the people are that are chasing Max and what they are doing. However we would assume that they are evil and that they are the villains as it looked as if they were torturing him and chasing him when he ran off. Also, the audience would be willing to know where the characters are, as we only see a barren desert wasteland.
We find out in the opening scene that Mad Max gets captured and tortured, which suggests to us that he has enemies and that they are the villains of the film. We also find that a young girl aged around 10 years old may have an important role in the film, as we see her pop up in front of Max several times throughout the opening scene.
The opening scene includes mainly dialogue and diegetic sounds, such as the engine of the cars and motorbikes. However when Mad Max is being tortured, we can here non diegetic music in the background. It sounds like a tribal beat, which relates to the characters that are torturing Max.
One effective camera shot that is used is the birds eye view shot of the desert surface below Max. This shows to the audience the view from Max when he is looking down from the top of the mountain. An effective camera angle that is used during the opening scene is the high angle shot of Max's back which has been tattooed. This is effective as we see that he is being tortured.
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