Analyze Opening Clip of Shallow Grave

Assignment: Analyze Clip of Shallow Grave Author: Theresa M. Trombino Length: Two pages As an otherwise uneducated viewer, this clip makes me think that the director desires for the audience to know that this film is going to be something out of the ordinary. From the beginning credits, which slide from right to left, to the strange and obscure camera angles used throughout the opening scene you can tell the director wants the audience to …

…my time to watch a movie which reminds me much of a Pink Floyd video (not that Pink Floyd is bad but I just have a problem with rock stars who bring shame on rock music by using drugs and drinking uncontrollably). The reason the movie gives me that impression is simply that the man viewed looks very drug induced and not all too healthy. However, out of curiosity, I would probably rent Shallow Grave.