Labrynith

Labryith

The opening credits appear, with a couple of owls flying around. The title Labyrnith appears after the owls seem to dive in the water. David Bowie starts singing setting the mood of the film, and giving clues to what the film is about.
The opening scene fades in, an extreme long shot so that Sarah looks small and you see her running in a big space, also it was at a high angle confirming the distance. There is a cut and suddenly there is a medium long shot of Sarah, so you can see her emotions and body language more cleary. She walks up towards the camera, making it go from a medium close up to a close up shot, now seeing her facial expressions more cleary. This was an eye level shot till now you see the stormy sky, only for a split second. Then after it comes back to an eye level close up of Sarah, seeing her facial expressions cleary again and identifying with her charatcer more. Finally we have an extreme close up of Sarah's hands, so we know what she is holding. Zooming out to a medium close up, to see her hold the book trying to remember her lines, seeing more expressions on her face more openly. There is a close up over the shoulder shot view, seeing Sarah looking at her dog on the bench. This creates a sense of mystery to what Sarah is feeling because you can not see what she is feeling, and you can not see much body language as it is a close up. Goes back to a close up of Sarah so we now know what she is feeling through her facial expressions. After we see a clock tower, showing that it is seven o'clock. The significance of seven o'clock is, she is an hour late to babysit her baby step-brother Toby. A medium long shot of Sarah and her dog running towards, and on the stony bridge. After the dog runs across, the camera tilts down and zooms in at the river flowing beneath the bridge.