Snatch is a film written and directed by Guy Ritchie. It uses many clever camera angles and editing techniques to make the opening sequence and tittles flow, making it interesting for the audience. It also uses these techniques to establish the setting and the characters of the film in the opening sequence, as well as establishing an enigma to hook the audience into the plot of the story.
The characters of the film are established through camera work as there are close ups of every main character so the audience knows who they are. Also one of the first shots introduces us to the main character, Turkish, who will narrate the film to the audience. The voice over from Turkish also help the audience to understand him and like his character. The cuts during the opening sequence are slow so the audience can see the characters and understand them. This contrasts with the later opening titles which uses fast paced cuts to make it seem more exciting. We also get a sense of danger from the opening scene as money, guns and characters smoking all are stereotypes of the dangerous gangster image.
Also the music in the opening scene reflects the characters as when they are talking in the very beginning there is no music so the audience can focus on what the characters are saying. However later on during the sequence when they are in disguise as Jews stereotypical Jewish music is played to go with the characters cover. This suddenly changes when they take their disguises off and reveal guns. The music changes to a fast paced high energy song which reflects the change in the characters and helps draw the audience into the storyline.
The setting of the film is established through the opening sequence by using shots that show very little background so that the audience can make their own conclusions. Although we know we are in a city because there are urban buildings and surroundings in the film. We also know that it is set in Britain and probably London as the accents that the characters suggest this. Also some things that the characters say such as ‘I don’t have a very British name’ shows us that we are in Britain.
A sense of enigma is also created from the beginning through that narrator telling the audience things that make people want to know more and ask what happened? And why? So that they will want to watch the rest of the film. Enigma is also created through the action in the opening sequence as the audience will want to know more about the characters stealing the diamonds as the music is exciting and fast and the editing is also fast which reflects the fast action of the sequence and makes the audience want to know more.
The characters of the film are established through camera work as there are close ups of every main character so the audience knows who they are. Also one of the first shots introduces us to the main character, Turkish, who will narrate the film to the audience. The voice over from Turkish also help the audience to understand him and like his character. The cuts during the opening sequence are slow so the audience can see the characters and understand them. This contrasts with the later opening titles which uses fast paced cuts to make it seem more exciting. We also get a sense of danger from the opening scene as money, guns and characters smoking all are stereotypes of the dangerous gangster image.
Also the music in the opening scene reflects the characters as when they are talking in the very beginning there is no music so the audience can focus on what the characters are saying. However later on during the sequence when they are in disguise as Jews stereotypical Jewish music is played to go with the characters cover. This suddenly changes when they take their disguises off and reveal guns. The music changes to a fast paced high energy song which reflects the change in the characters and helps draw the audience into the storyline.
The setting of the film is established through the opening sequence by using shots that show very little background so that the audience can make their own conclusions. Although we know we are in a city because there are urban buildings and surroundings in the film. We also know that it is set in Britain and probably London as the accents that the characters suggest this. Also some things that the characters say such as ‘I don’t have a very British name’ shows us that we are in Britain.
A sense of enigma is also created from the beginning through that narrator telling the audience things that make people want to know more and ask what happened? And why? So that they will want to watch the rest of the film. Enigma is also created through the action in the opening sequence as the audience will want to know more about the characters stealing the diamonds as the music is exciting and fast and the editing is also fast which reflects the fast action of the sequence and makes the audience want to know more.
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