Breakfast at Tiffany's opening scene analysis

Shot No:	Description	Shot Type	Visual clues to help communicate the idea
Shot one	There are rows of shops and buildings on each side of the road and the scene consists of dull colours	A establishing shot of a city.	Big tall buildings and long boulevards
Shot two	A yellow taxi driving down the road until it gets to a building and stops. The background colours are still dull but the taxi is not	A tracking shot of a yellow taxi passing on the road and then the camera shot turns into a close up of the taxi as it gets closer the camera.	This could symbolise America with the yellow taxi Bright taxi could symbolise a special character within the taxi
Shot three	A woman with a long black dress and her hair done up. She is not facing the camera which suggests mystery	A long shot of a woman wearing a black full length dress	Well-presented woman could suggest elegance.
Shot four	The woman is wearing a pearled necklace and her hair done up in an elegant way.	The camera cuts to a low angle shot of the back of the women’s head looking up to suggest importance about the building, even more important than herself.	This could suggest an important building and eventually belittling her.
Shot five	The character is side on to the camera looking through a window, she is wearing glasses which also makes her unidentifiable	The camera then cuts to a medium shot of the side of the unknown character glancing through a window	This could suggest desire into something that is not hers -the window could symbolise the divide between the character and what they want
Shot six	The character wales away from the shop window and walks down the street	The director then uses a panning shot to show her moving away from the window essentially turning the shot into a long shot	The shop frame was made of marble to suggest wealth  the character is wearing pearls to suggest wealth
Shot seven	You can see the woman’s reflection through the window vaguely	Then the camera cuts to the reflection of the shop window , which is a close up	The woman reflection is on the side where she wants to be suggesting even more desire in wanting what is behind the glass.
Shot eight	As a audience we are looking from the shop window at the main character which gives a connection between the audience and the character	The camera uses a medium shot to show the front of the woman for the first time	This empowers the audience by allowing us to be on the side that the character wants to be on. This allows the audience to spy on the character.

Sound analysis of ‘Breakfast at Tiffany’s’

Throughout the whole first long shot we are introduced to soothing and classical music to suggest wealth and class, then when the shot cuts onto the window scene the sound is bridged, remaining classy and elegant, illustrating that it is the same scene, but it is a different tune to enable the audience to acknowledge the importance of the window, and what is within it. The pitch also becomes higher to create a sense of fulfilment when looking thought the window.

Throughout the window scene and her walking away, they keep the same sound and use this to bridge the two cuts together so the audience does not recognise the change in cuts, making the film flow evenly with elegance. Even though in some cuts they have changed the sound to make the audience notice the change, they have still used similar pieces of non-diagetic sound so that the sound was subtle and not garishly different. 

Cinematography
The opening shot is an establishing shot. This is used to introduce the audiance slowly into the film. The next shot is a low angle shot of the back of a character, this presents mystery to the audiance and also shows that the character has status within this shot. The panning shot down as the character walks away creates a devide between the character and the audience, due to the audience not being able to see her face. In a few shots to follow there is a shot reverse shot of this character looking into a shop window, but what is cleaver isthe audiance (being the window) are now subjected to facing the character through the window, which, even though is presented as an imtimate shot, it is still keeping te audience at a distance due to the window.  In making the audience the window, we never get to see fully what she is admiring which creates enigma.



Mes-en-scene
The first shot shows a City like enviroment, but not grimy or full of poeple, but quiet and serene.  The lighting is natural. This City hasn't been represented as dull or buisy, but sophisticated and elegant. The sophistication is reinforced later when a lady in a formal black fitting dress appears. Her hair is neat, elegant and her posture and stance filled with poise. She is wearing black long gloves, accompanied by a small black purse and a white purl necklace. The items of clothing that she is wearing, suggests wealth and etiquette. The shops that she visits are all clean and well dressed, filled with what seems to look like diamond chandeliers. The colours used such as grey and black are all used to represent wealth and luxury.





What i have learnt from this

I have learnt that black and grey used in the right way can have connotations of sophistication and affluence. The simple shots and slow pace can give a peaceful tone aswell as an impatient tone.