Credits:
• Set in 2019 the “city of angels” Los Angeles ironic because it is so un angelic, filthy
• Brief intro about replicants, the word replicants is written in red to contrast against the black background and the other white words
• Scott has given us this info so we have a quick background knowledge
• Other ways it could have been done are by narration
Eye on the city:
• Establishing shot showing a city lit only by neon lights and flames exploding into the sky
• Space craft comes shooting towards the camera showing us that this movie is futuristic and Sci-fi
• A brief close up of an eye is shown and then flicks back to the establishing shot, the eye represents someone watching over the city
• Music is eerie and synthesised
• Overall impression of the city so far is that it is dirty, artificially lit, scary and dangerous
• A large and dominant building within the city is shown (Tyrell corporation) the shot flicks between this and the eye and a man standing in a dimly lit office with an old style fan slowly rotating
Leon’s emotional response:
• A full shot of the detective’s office shows very high tech equipment used for interrogating contrasted with this pathetic fan rotating above (weird that there is no air con?)
• Choppy beams of light penetrate the room every so often
• A nervous man enters (Leon) enters and begins the Voight Kampff test with Mr Holden to see if he is a replicant
• The scene progresses with unease and you hear Leon’s heart beat as Holden asks more questions, when the topic of his mother comes up Leon lashes out and shoots Mr Holden
• We do not expect to see the scene end this way and it sets the audience up for a violent movie
Street scene, interrupted sushi:
• The shot then cuts to another establishing shot of the city except this time there is a large screen on the side of a building with an Asian woman displayed wearing very traditional Chinese clothes and makeup, contrast of tradition and technology
• The city...