The silence of the lambs (1991) - own genre research

The silence of the lambs

In the first scene, we can see the surroundings of the isolated forest which sets the scene. This is an establishing shot where we can see it is winter. Also, we can see that the forest is isolated which means that any character that comes into this scene could of be of danger as there is no one or anything around.  

We then see a character coming to the scene, as the person gets closer we can see that the person is a middle aged woman. We can see that she is climbing up a rope which means that she is putting herself in danger. Also we can see that she is alone which means that she is vulnerable to her surroundings. This shot of her climbing up the rocks is shot using a dolly/tracking shot to show the action more clearly.  

The colours are mainly dark green, brown and blacks. This could reflect how she is feeling, meaning that she is feeling low and possibly depressed. It is also shot in a high angle shot to show that there is a higher authority present then her.

This is a close up of the woman where we can see her sweating. This shows her determination in the exercise that she is doing. She is running around on an assault course which isn't stereotypical of a woman as she is getting sweaty instead of shopping. 

 When the title comes up it is very bold and and is black with a white outline. The white could represent the purity of the girl whereas the black reflects the death of what is to come. This is also the same colour as the background of the image.