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Analisis

1. AS MEDIA STUDIES FULL METAL JACKET Anastasia Sibikina

2. FULL METAL JACKET Opening sequence analysis

3. Warner Bros. Pictures At the beginning of the opening sequence the Warner Bros. Pictures logo appears to show us who created the movie/sponsored it. Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. is an American film and entertainment studio headquartered at the Warner Bros. Studios complex in Burbank, California, and a subsidiary of Warner Bros.

4. A Stanley Kubrick Film After the studio’s name we see a name of the movie director himself, it’s Stanley Kubrick’s film. Most of the time big names will be shown in the sequences to attract fans of the ones named. In case with this film, a lot of people could watch it just for their favourite director.

5. Full Metal Jacket The title of the movie shows up after the director’s name so we will know how it’s called and could memorize it if needed (and from the director’s perspective it’s indeed needed so people would talk about it)

6. Establishing shot There are no establishing shots in this continuity sequence, as it almost immediately shows the main characters, them getting haircuts.

7. Editing The editing is basic, with close-ups and medium-long shots on the characters who’re sitting in the hairdresser’s chair.

8. Mise En Scene The movie is set in a camp for Basic Combat Training and the opening sequence starts with a bunch of young men getting their hair trimmed, like from sheep. Close-ups on their heads show us their facial expressions and most of them ‘accept’ their fate/destiny. From the beginning we now they’re going to war, and the diegetic sound, the song about the Vietnam war, just proves that.

9. Props, Costumes and Characters The first prop the audience sees of the characters is the characters themselves, as they’re shown immediately when the sequence begins. There are at least ten different men getting their haircut done, and most of them have the same facial expressions of acceptance. Characters who stay the same are two hairdressers, but we only can see their hands.

10. Sound Throughout the sequence we hear a nondiegetic sound of the song called “Hello Vietnam” by Johnnie Wright. The song is about the war and it drives our attention to the fact that this is where the characters will be heading pretty soon.

11. The end of the opening sequence