(1) Shot size/angle + Camera movement
There are a lot high angle shots in this opening film and the point of the view is make Jamal looks small. When he was first in the game show, the high angle shot putted him in a middle of circle, it feels like everyone try to shoot him. Jamal looks so small and I feel sorry for him. Camera moved between two different main scenes, one is the prison and another one is the game show.
The commons in the two scenes give me two entirely different feelings, but it’s linked together very well. We suddenly know that Jamal didn’t cheat and we want to see how he explained and what polices said about this. Director use this kind of shot to make Jamal looks poor and hopeless, easily puts audients on Jamal’s side and we all believe him.
(2) Sound
The smack sound as loud as people speaking in the beginning of the film, it shows how badly he been hurt and it shocked me. It shows how badly polices treated Jamal and we all feel sorry for him. And we want to know does he deserve it or there is truth behind this.
The clock sound started when the Jamal readied for the game show. The black screen came up and everything just likes the game show. One question and four answers, and the clock sound continued. This sound makes people feel stress and nervous, it makes people feel they are in the game show with Jamal when they watch the screen.
(3) Lighting
The lighting is yellow and weak in the prison, so the prison doesn’t have strong colours under the lighting. It means polices treated Jamal in a very unpleased way and putted Jamal in a terrible situation.
Suddenly the light changed, it became strong and white. The light looks cold, and we can see how nervous and uncomfortable Jamal was under the light in the game show. Director use two different lightings make the movie well arranged, and they used a different lighting for the first shot of Latika which is soft and beautiful sunshine.
(4) Script/Dialogue
I think the dialogue in this opening film is wonderful. In the beginning of the opening film, the police keep ask Jamal the same questions just like the host. They asked the same questions but they treat Jamal in two different ways.
The strong contrast makes people feel nervous about what happened to Jamal and they want watch more. One question after one question, the whole script is about questions. And all the different memories mixed up together, make the script amazing. Every question showed different memory and the true Indian cultures.
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