Silence of the lambs essays

Silence of the lambs essays How do the features of narrative and genre create meaning and generate response within the audience? The film starts with a high angle establishing shot of a forest setting, with the diegetic sounds of stereotypical forest or mountain area sound effects such as the chirps of insects and the distant calls of an eagle. The camera then tilts downwards to show the lead protagonist jogging towards us, Agent Clarice Starling (Foster.) As she draws near her footsteps become clearer which are heavily treading through the leaves and branches. The non-diegetic music has classical elements and is similar to the characters movements, which keeps building up and down and remains somewhat tense throughout the first few minutes. The camera then switches to a mid-tracking shot and follows her from behind. This jog could represent the characters journey that is about to begin, as she ducks and dives through trees and pushes on. She is wearing casual exercise clothing, which tells us little about the character other than she likes, or has to keep fit. As the scene progresses there is a side tra cking shot close up on her face displaying sweat and determination and indicating to the audience that she is quite tired. The camera then switches to a similar shot but of her feet running along the forest path. She is soon interrupted by a mans voice which she stops and confronts, we then discover that she is in fact linked to the FBI and has been called to her seniors. Having been sent to an office of some description, the next part of the scene starts with the main character jogging towards a new area. This contains marching military personnel in camouflage gear and the diegetic sounds of gun fire in the background indicating to the audience that this is come kind of military complex. An establishing shot ensues showing what appears to be the main building, and the next part of our protagonists journey. She makes her way throu...