OPENING TO D9

Question 1

how is wikkus presented in the beginning?

Answer 1

• nervous, approachable, unassuming, an every-day man, non-threatening - set up this way
• starts being racist - calling aliens ‘prawns’ (derogatory term)

Question 2

who is sarah livingstone?

Answer 2

• sociologist
• appears smart, intelligent, and well read because of books and suit

Question 3

how are the aliens represented in the beginning?

Answer 3

• animalistic
• fereal animalistic aliens vs intelligent humans
• extreme long shot to show how many aliens there are
• high angle as though we are looking down on them
• seem nervous, dark, rusty
• aliens dont become more likeable - graffiti and chopping of meat in the street
• aliens rummaging through rubbish while talking heads say they will steal anything (animalistic, dirty, unsanitary)

Question 4

who are MNU?

Answer 4

• multi national united
• company watermark shows they own the footage and control the media

Question 5

what is the sound like in the opening sequence?

Answer 5

• starts with a sound bridge (similar to D9)
• fumbling with microphone - muffled audio

Question 6

what is the cinematography like in the opening sequence?

Answer 6

• crash zooms (docu/mocu genre)
• direct address to camera (docu/mocu genre)
• jump cuts - jump ahead in the same scene (suggests cutting things out)