Atonement

Atonement

( Joe Wright , 2007 )

Budget:  $30,000,000 (estimated)

Producers:

• Universal Pictures
• Studio Canal 
• Relativity Media
• Working Title Films

Distributors:

• Universal Pictures International (UPI)
• Focus Features

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The opening 30 seconds :
The title is shown and typed like type writer which you can hear as the intro music it is bold loud and makes a point from this point you can tell this is going to be serious drama. This then continues as we get a close up of the dolls house(which we later find out is there house) this is a clever way of showing inside the house and out and setting the scene.

The titles continues and sets the scene 'England 1935' this sets the period as we know it is just before the 2nd world war as the type writer continues we get a moving image of the room as the camera continues to set the scene showing a close up of the toys and furniture we can then tell it is a younger characters bedroom. The Type writing becomes significant and louder as we are slowly introduced to the character also creates a rhythm and almost a audio bridge now and later on .There is little editing as it is all one shot as the camera is moving round the room.We are now introduced to the setting .

Then we see a master shot were we see the room and the character this shot then zooms into a over the shoulder shot which shows us she is the one typing.

Then camera shot goes to a close up and further into an extreme close up as we  are shown characters eyes this helps us to feel the characters emotions and perhaps what she is typing about. we can tell this is serious as the typewriter continues to pick up a beat.

 The camera then zooms in from a close up at a mid shot up the type writer to text where it says 'the end' in the same text as the titles were written in at the start.This links the opening and helps sets the period drama.As the girl gets up the paste again continues with type writer into a beat although it is no longer typing. it builds the suspension and builds up to something which could be a tragedy.we then have a etblashing shot from across the hall way where we again see the inside of  this old house. We straight awayalso notice from the clothes and would beams this family is not poor.