Today I watched the opening sequence of an opening scene, which students from hurtwood did last year. The sequence is located in the (schools') theatre. It's very dark, gloomy, almost scary in the theatre. The atmosphere is dark, dangerous, unsettling and creepy. There is a man (we can't see his face) and he is sitting at the top of the theatre, looking down at the stage, where there was a young ballerina who had bruises all over her body, looked like she was even tortured or beaten. She was forced to perform for him. After her performance a man comes in from the dark and shoots her and then another ballerina is forced to do the same.
The camera is doing a mid close up shot when it's focusing on the man (without the face), who looks superior and in charge and most importantly in control.
The ballerinas are the victims in this sequence and are under controll of the man. When the camera was focused on them it was mostly a wide shot and we could see their howl body, or the camera focused on their bruises and burns and briefly the camera was shooting also in a close up focusing on the face off the ballerinas.
In the sequence there are parts where we can hear "natural" sounds (footsteps) and then classical music starts and it's diegetic even for the characters.
The sequence is used to also show credits.
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