Dead Man's Shoes

EDITING: 

When this title sequence opens, the video showing the man when he was a baby looks very old and it's clear to see that the black lines breaking up the video has been used as a special effect to get across to the audience the era of when the men were babies.













There are obvious uses of cross-fades to transit between the men and when they were kids, which made me assume that the men are older versions of the kids and also shows the strong bond between the two men.
There was a very nice juxtaposition between the kids and the adults and got me thinking about the difference in their relationship over the years.
What I also noticed was that the title sequence followed a non-linear sequence, but the individual shots of the men and kids followed a linear sequence, which has an emotional effect on the audience as they see their childhood and they feel strongly connected to the characters before the film even starts. 


CAMERA: 

The camera angles were very effective as we never got see fully see the men's face which drew me in as I was focusing more to try and see what they looked like. 
I felt like I was following the characters because the camera went on the journey with them and used camera shots such as Pan and Tracking. Sometimes the camera sat still and let the characters walk across shot which for me was extremely effective because it made the journey seem longer and established the distance they were walking even though it wasn't clear where they came from or where they were going to. 


MISE EN SCENE: 

There were a lot of effective establishing shots which emphasised the mood of the play. The shots showed that they were in the middle of nowhere in the fields and the use of empty space made me feel as if they were isolated and stranded. One of the most obvious times in the sequence when this concept is shown is when the men walk across camera with just a single distant tree in the middle of the frame.
A lot of enigma was created the use of the order in which the men walked and also the bag on one of the mens back. The guy with the bag on his back seemed to be leading which had intertextuality with "Of Mice and Men". 
The bag created enigma as I was always asking myself "what is in the bag?". Choosing to keep the shots empty and not revealing a lot about the features of the film was extremely effective and made me want to watch the rest of the film.



SOUND: 

The only sound was from the non-diegetic song which I found to work really well as it distracted the audience from the fact that the characters said nothing. Again this was used to conceal any clues to the rest of the story. I picked up the words "on the run" during the song which made me think that the characters could potentially be on the run which is why they seem to be heading to a remote place.


OPINION: 

Seeing that any clue about the plot was well hidden I looked closely into finding some ideas. At the start, one child is shown and later on the next child is shown yet this child is older which makes me wonder if one of them is adopted. 
I felt more connected with the characters as we went through some of their childhood. I thought that this was more powerful than if they were to have let the characters talk. A very powerful title sequence and I definitely want to watch more!!!