star wars episode 7 opening analysis

In the opening of star wars episode 7 there are many genre indicators to suggest that the film is a sci fi such as: the costume for the characters consisting of space helmets and space suits, the weapons are very futuristic, the location during the scene (seems to be based on a different planet), the transport with the use of a ship to fly in and out of the planet, and the supernatural powers (the force).

From this scene of star wars there are many questions to be asked such as: where are they, what is the republic after, why is this artefact so important, where do they go after leaving, why kill the man, what will they do to the soldier, why did that one storm trooper stop attacking.

From the opening of star wars we find out that we find out that the villain kylo ren is looking for parts of a map of some sort to look for the legendary Luke sky walker, we also find out that kylo ren is not scared to kill as he kills that old man who was being questioned and we also find out that kylo ren has the power to use the force.

In this opening there are a wide range of effective sounds from the non-diegetic sound to the diegetic sound from a gun for example such as:  when the ship lands the soundtrack is used effectively to show that they are more dominant and feared from the civilians, with the sounds of the blaster it links to the genre indicators of the weapons being futuristic, the screams and yells from the villagers suggest that they are all in pain and are scared and lastly the sound that is used as the kylo ren stops the bullet/beam with the force creates a very scary feeling towards the character and also shows how powerful the man is.

In this opening there are many uses of camera shots and angles such as: right off the bat as they land there us a low angle long shot with this shot it suggests the dominance towards the villagers, there is an establishing shot showing the village and the villagers in this shows how many and how big the area is for them, there are many close ups pf key characters showing emotion and also allowing the characters to speak their dialogue.