'Rope' Alfred Hitchcock opening analysis

Rope is a 1948 American thriller (based on the play Rope by Patrick Hamilton) directed by Alfred Hitchcock. It's edited so as to appear as a single continuous seamless shot through the use of long takes. I studied the first three minutes which opens with a mise-en scene long shot of a street scene viewed from above; classical music is played in the major key giving a false sense of calm as it fades out and is replaced by staccato minor notes typical of a thriller before focusing ominously drawn curtains.

The narrative entices the viewer on wards focusing on an everyday street  scene watched from the angle of a viewer on a roof top before focusing on a pair of curtains behind which a pair of almost comical gangsters strangle a man with a piece of "Rope'. This prop immediately makes a connection with the title . They then proceed to comically dumping the corpse of the young man in an old looking chest before leaning over it and catching their breath.                              

Alfre Hitchcock starts with an establishing shot to set the scene and contrasts the general theme of the film band ordinary street scene with happy music, viewed from a high angle the camera moves so that the frame has the corner of a roof as through through the eyes of some invisible watcher. Working with this uneasy suggestion the camera pans over the short area of the roof and focuses on a pair of drawn curtains. A half-hearted scream is heard and the shot changes to inside the room to a close up of the man being strangles. The camera zooms out to include the supposed hit-men in the shot wearing smart black tuxes who then dump the body  and the camera zooms back in to the hit men bending over the case.

Memento Opening Analysis

Memento Opening Analysis

Classification

Classification of a film is the age restriction imposed for the sake of the potential viewers of films, television series, computer and console games etc ranging from Universal- suitable for all to R18- To be shown only in specially licensed cinemas, or supplied only in licensed sex shops, and to adults of no less than 18 years. The typical Issues that invoke age restrictions are -any context of drug abuse, sexual violence, pedophilia, racial hatred or violence. Language is also surprisingly highly influential as many people are still offended by bad language and a single curse word can bump up the age restriction. Our film contains no drug abuse, any kinda of sexual context or violence any thing that could be seen as racial hateful neither is it essential for us to use swear words. However Horror is considered by the board as potentially harming to the young and vulnerable who may not be used to such an intense cinematic experience these restrictions would obviously need to be considered in producing our film as well as the newer issue of Imitable techniques which is the glamorization of illegal or anti-social behavior which young children could potentially copy like self harm, petty crime and even suicide. I believe that if we had to put an age restriction on our film it would be a 15 because although it only fits in two categories it is on the extreme end of Imitable techniques as it could be read as ending with suicide and the character being a young child makes it especially bad, although Thriller is not Horror our film could potentially leave our audience anxiety ridden, panicked and depressed, though that is artistically our aim it is not maybe seen as an all round positive thing especially legally.