Opening sequence

As the film in total does not reach the minimum time for the completed product I have decided to create an opening sequence which will take the form of a montage. The montage will show Mickey and Rose through stages in their relationship, it will initially show them being happy together, this will be created through the use of Two Shots and the couple Holding hands. The next shots will either be a use of symbolism, for example cars travelling or the showing of the Passing of time in some manner, after this the couple will seem slightly more tense and growing apart, as Mickey will later be the one obsessed with Rose he will be the one who seems more involved in the relationship than she is. After this the next few shots will be the death, or dying, or the end of something  which will be used to symbolize the end of their relationship and after these images the couple will next be shown as very distant using shot reverse shot between the two to show how they are no longer together.
The idea for this montage has been inspired by such films as 'Citizen Kane' 1941 and 'Raging Bull' 1980 which both show a fantastic use of montage editing to show the passing of time and the development of relationships.


This montage from 'Citizen Kane' shows the growing separation between a married couple, they initially begin as a happy loving couple who share dreamy glances and romantic language, the use of two shots and zooming in to enclose the two closer together resembles their closeness and allows the audience to see how much they love each other. After this the use of dissolves show passing of time between the next shot of them which then switches to shot reverse shot of them both separately, the noticeable difference between the two characters is the costumes as they both begin, especially the woman wearing very elegant and quite revealing clothing, being romantic but as the montage progresses the audience see how their clothes begin to get more formal and less elegant and more reclusive (the white on the woman's clothing starts of being the entirety of the her outfit, which could symbolize a wedding dress, and then her shoulders are covered in the next sequence and then darker colours start to overpower her outfit, finally leaving her looking very reclusive.) The use of mise-en-scene shows the flowers on the table at the beginning being large and beautiful and then as the montage progresses the bouquet gets smaller and eventually disappear, symbolizing the romance in their relationship vanishing.



This montage from 'Raging Bull' is different from 'Citizen Kane' as it does not include dialogue and takes the form of home footage from the lives of the main characters, it is used to show the passing of time and shows the main events of the characters lives within that time, buying a house, getting married, having children. the home footage it contrasted with black and white stills of the main character's boxing matches which show the difference between what is important to him and what he can barely remember (hence the fluid home footage recordings and the short jumpy still shots of the fights) The use of music in this sequence is possibly the most important aspect of the montage is the 'the flower duet' from the opera "lakmé" by léo delibes which is the backing track to this sequence, which is otherwise muted', which gives a very sad but beautiful tone to the montage as the audience feel as if although all these happy memories are being shown to them and very important times in the character's lives are happening the music indicates how in reality these events and their lives are not as happy as they are trying to portray. The characters also show how they truly feel to one and other, although the main male protagonist seems to the camera to be a happy and bubbly character who plays around and throws his wife in the pool in a humorous way the expressions on his wife's face shows how the playful nature between the two might be a sham and the way he drags her into frame shows how he is trying to create the illusion that the two are a very happy couple.