The opening scene of a history of violence

A History Of Violence

Opening Scene Sound
The opening scene starts with diegetic sound of drilling in the back ground that leads up to the sound of the car door opening and the person getting in also as the person get in you can hear dialog from both the characters. After that the sound that you hear the sound of the radio station that is diegetic. While the person drives the car you can hear other cars in the background. When the car stops in-front of the door and the other character gets in you can hear the sound of the car door as he enters the car again after that you can hear dialog. When character gets out the car and walks into the house you can hear the sound of tension build up this is non diegetic sound because only the audience watching the film can hear it, the characters in the film cant. When the persons looking around the house you can hear the sound of the bell and the sound of the tap water pouring into the bottle. As the water is being poured into the bottle a little girl comes near to the man and you can hear more dialog, next the sound of gun shot and the girl's scream is both diegetic.

Opening Scene Camera
In the opening scene of the film it starts off with two shots, the tracking shot followed by the medium angle shot that shows the two characters. From watching the film you can see that it was filmed by a steady cam. When the cars moving the camera has a tracking shot to follow the car that's followed by the point of view shot. When the person enters the house again the camera has a steady tracking shot, it follows him around the shot. When the girl comes there's a close shot of the gun behind his back. finally the last shot is a low angle shot of the girl screaming.

Opening Scene Mise En Scene 
From the opening scene you can see that the the films filmed in a western setting. You can see that the place is a family sort of motel there's garden chairs. The car seems pretty old and the people are dressed pretty casual, casual smart clothes. The motel looks really deserted it seems mysterious like something is about to happen. When the person goes into the house there are two dead bodies on the floor. Followed by the gun that shows danger.

Editing
The opening scene doesn't really contain alot of edits, all together in the opening scene there are about 11/12 cuts most of the cuts happen during dramatic moments. the edits are really slow and that makes the film even more mysterious.