Opening sequence film Analysis- The Godfather (1972)

Director - Francis Ford Copolla

Staring - Marlon Brando, Al Pacino, James Caan

Sound - The first piece of sound you hear is a non diegetic trumpet solo played in a minor key. This connotes a sad start to the film. the next piece of sound you hear is a voice over by the first character on screen but the man starts to speak when the screen is black so that when the screen fades is fades straight to him talking a telling a story. The characters accent is a strong Italian accent and this is an example of a typical convention for the gangster genre as the characters are either Italian mobsters or American Gangsters form the 1920's.

Editing - The only peice of editing i truely notticed in the openening sequence to The Godfather was the fade from the black screen during the voice over. This fade lead to the close up the character who was speaking, the fade connotes a dark beginning being lightened or made happy by the main character.

Mise-En-Scene -  The male character shown at the beginning is denoted wearing a black and white suit. This may connote death as the colour is traditionally associated to funerals. Black is also a very deep colour and could also represent the seriousness of the situation.

Camera- The opening sequence shows a reverse creep, zooming out on the character talking to a mid shot of him. This helps to set the scene as it is quite dark and dingy in the room and it shows the atmosphere more as it shows the darkness of the entire room not just the character connoting the story the male character is telling to be dark or depressing.