The Interpreter

In the opening scenes of The Interpreter it starts with a prologue.

• The writing establishing the location is in white.
• Black screen in the background.
• There are no titles in the prologue because it will disrupt the storyline.
• The next clip is of a desert scene - silhouetted figure of a woman - tribal gradually getting closer - dusty/hazy.
  There is slight non-diegetic music.
• Deserted coliseum - low angle shots used to make it look important, also there are weeds growing in front it which suggests that it has been abandoned and is very run down.
• Inside the coliseum - children playing football - talking in a different language however there are no sub-titles so this adds to the mystery of the film. On the walls there are also words written in a foreign language - makes the audience try to 'interpret' them.
• Low-key lighting.
• The audience would make an assumption that the men have found dead bodies, this is due to the reactions of them.
• Pace of the sequence camera shots is very fast when the children are shooting the men.
• There is a clip of a football before it dissolves into the next shot. This makes the audience feel sorry for the children because it is ironic that innocent children who only play would murder people so brutally.
• Dissolves into panning shot of the city.
• Cuts into the UN building.
• There is a wide range of camera shots - panning, close-ups to show expressions, long shots to show scenery and size compared to characters.
• Profile shot of lead actress - Nicole Kidman.
• She is translating (interpreting) in a big UN conference - important.
• Police clearing buildings - mysterious, tension, makes the audience wonder whats happened to make them do this or what is about to happen.