Deconstruct the opening sequences (landing scene) of 'Saving Private Ryan'. How do these sequences reflect the ideology of the director?
             What links can you see between TRL and SPR?
             Explore the editing and film process employed hear- consider-
             >Transitions- visual and form digetic to non-digetic sound
             >Compare with institutional convention
             >Consider characterisation, representation
             The opening scene of 'Saving Private Ryan' begins with a mechanised tone of a high-pitched trumpet-like sound and traditional style drums interchanging. The American Flag is then shown at a close up. From the beginning the feeling of a sentimental and noble war film is portrayed, representing America as victorious, by showing their flag continually. The flag also tends to be rather glorifying towards the American people to begin the film is such a way.
             We are shown a group of middle-aged people walking respectively, a single older man then becomes detached from the group and is identified amongst the scene-he is sobbing. This is because his memories of war are coming back to him as he gazes at the flag. The man then walks to a clean green field, with white crosses or markers lined up neatly all over the field. The graveyard markers are represented as loyal and are respected amongst the people. The crosses are white and therefore have connotations of signifying peace, and contrast well the green grass. A loyal and patriotic sound is heard, with a drone base synchronized in. Then there is an immediate pan into the man's eyes whilst he grieves, which is a contemporary style. Interestingly the sound of waves is heard before the transition takes place into the sea. This tends to build up tension as we enter the mind of the old man and his memory is recalled upon: as he was a solider in the war. There is a transition from contemporary to retrospective.
             There is a heavy contrast in machinery and waves, which creates gr...