Forest Gump

 This movie was directed by Robert Zemeckis, the movie was produced by the studio The Tisch Company.

From the title of this movie I can tell that the narrative will focused mainly on one character and the challenges he faces, these challenges that he faces will determine the rest of his life. Looking at the title from the word 'Gump' I can see that this main character will be foolish and dumb-witted, The narrative will be based on his progression throughout, and him developing as a person and fitting into society. 'Forest Gump' This shows that this character wont have many social skills, and struggles in todays age, due to the nature of the word forest, he will be a suppressed character who has a had a difficult child hood. 

The opening scene start with a tracking of an insignificant object, this tracking of the feather is in deep focus, which allows the audience to see the environment and the town this is set in. It is shown this is a town by there being a bell tower and no skyscrapers, this town has old buildings which look to be from the 1960s. Furthermore, the cars are older models showing that this opening scene is set in the later 90s. The lighting of this opening scene is light which sets the peaceful tone of the movie, the feather has a parallel non-diegetic soundtrack playing, this sets the tone of this movie, which relates to a light hearted drama, due to the feather connoting to a peaceful and innocent object. 

We are introduce to the main character, this is shown by the long camera time he gets, connoting to the movie basing around this character. Looking at this characters outfit I can infer that he is not socially aware, this is shown by the little correlation his outfit has compared to his shoes, his shoes are dirty and messy whereas the rest of his outfit is smart and clean. This character is shown to be peaceful as well as the main focus due to the feather landing beside his shoe, we can tell that this character has a disability of some sort due to his shaky hand and body motions. The character is shown to be very OCD also due to the state of his baggage, with everything being folded and put in neatly, this could connote to him living with his parents, as this sort of packing only comes from mothers. Looking at the facial expression on 'Forest Gump' throughout this opening scene I can infer that he struggles, due to the lack of confidence in his facial expression as well as him looking uncomfortable. The audience is engaged in this scene due to the lack of knowledge which we obtain throughout this opening scene, the first minute and a half of this opening scene is focused on a feather falling through the sky very slowly, which creates anticipation, makes the audience wonder what is going to happen next. The light hearted tone of this scene comes to the lightheartedness of the movie, which makes the audience feel relaxed, this is changed by the introduction of the character, where he doesn't even say a word, making us wonder what he is going to sound like. 

In conclusion I think this opening scene does a good job in presenting this character as innocent, but with the lack of events taking place, I think that this could put a lot of people off it. This is due to the slow pace and long shot durat
ions of nothing particularly special. It is shown to be a little too lighthearted, which makes it unsuccessful when relating to the drama, it is possible for the audience to realise the problems that this character will face throughout but overall, the genre isn't shown in the most effective way.