2. HOW DOES YOUR OPENING SEQUENCE REPRESENT PARTICULAR SOCIAL GROUPS?Chloe Killin

Dressed all in black to exaggerate her probable sophistication and also a hint of formality.

Simple hairstyle. It is down which implies that she is a little more laid back than her costume suggests. The audience can then assume that this is to cater for Millie, the child that she is looking after. One wouldn't expect a parent or carer to be too stern, and so the hair down contrasting with the black suggests that this is not a common situation for her.

The dress is primarily shades of orange, which has connotations of optimism and confidence, which gently imply to the audience that she won’t give up on something she sets her mind to, which in the immediate situation is finding her teddy bear, but in the overall film, is the search for her mother.

The black cardigan, again with associations with confidence.(Which would be addressed later on when she has to embark on this journey alone.)

No make up – She is a child and I want the audience to see her as that at the moment. The audience need to see that she is not very old and therefore vulnerable, which helps to put the audience “on her side”.

I intentionally made the black and white not 100% so that the colour of her shirt is still visible. I chose red as it has connotations of danger, which the audience will hopefully relate to the missing poster that they have just seen and realise that something (most likely bad) has occurred.

Red is also related to power and determination, and so one would assume that she would be okay and can look after herself, which contrasts with the story so far, and may invoke an enigma in the eyes of the audience.

Her stance makes her appear confident, and so suggests that it is unlikely that she is not in control. Again (seemingly) contrasting with the story, intriguing the viewer.