The Secret Garden Part 1/11

The genre of this film is drama; The opening begins with soft/calming music of a flute playing.
We able to see the setting from the opening, it is clear that they live in a hot country somewhere in Asia because we are shown a long shot of a house surrounded by heaps of sand.
In the opening we see close up shots of a girl being dressed, this may suggest that she is someone important.
We also see that her parents are always going out and leaving the girl,this shows the audience that she is neglected by her parents.
The audience is also shown a close up shot of the girls face staring at her parents, from her facial expressions we are able to see that she is angry.
The opening clearly tells us that the girl is the main character as there is a voice over explaining her life and how she feels about it.

We are able to establish that this film is a drama because straight away we are shown that there is an earthquake.
This is very effective because it gives the audience a sense of tension and makes them want to find out what will happen to the girl.
When the earthquake hits,the girl is hiding under the bed.
The audience can see that something is wrong when everything begins to shake and fall around the girl, this is dramatic and thrills the audience.

I think that the opening of this film is very effective as something big an interesting happens straight away, which will make the audience think that the rest of the film will be interesting.
Starting the film off with a earthquake clearly proves that it is a drama.
That fact that we are shown that the girl is orphaned will leave the audience feeling sorry for the girl, and make them want to know what will happen next?

Joygun Yasmin Nessa