Crime/drama genre- Shawshank

From the opening scene a voiceover is used as the narrator of who we assume is the main character, the effect of this is that it feels as if he is telling a story and that this happened years ago. We expect that the movie will have the same narrator throughout the whole movie but in an affect of telling a story looking back on the past. At first we are introduced to the narrator from the camera focus on his particular character. We are then introduced to a new inmate entering the prison who we are being told about by the narrator who has been in the prison from many years. From the opening scene its very obvious the setting of in a prison and we expect that the majority of the movie will be spent in the prison however it is very hard to tell what the specific genera is from the title of the movie and the opening scene. There are hundreds of people featured in the movie but from just the opening scene we are only introduced to the two characters who we assume will be the main focus of the movie. Pleonastic sound is used heavily throughout the opening scene to signify the prison environment of the prisoners talking and laughing, however the main dialogue is from the narrator starting to tell the story which builds up the story and makes us very focused on the beginning of the story from the very beginning. The use of the voice over makes the main character seem as if he has been in prison for a very long time and also makes him sound very wise. The opening builds a clear picture of the movie and also the narrator brings you into the story, however its very unclear of the genre from the opening scene. Long shots are used throughout the scene to show the number of inmates in the prison to build up the story, close ups show who we assume is the main character and the narrator. Tracking is also used throughout the opening scene following the main character around the prison yard.