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Analysis of An Opening Sequence - Salt
Analysis of An Opening Sequence - Salt
The lighting of the film is very dark and the surroundings are hardly visible as you can mostly see just
the faces of the people within the scene. This could reflect on the atmosphere within the scene, as
she is in a prison, she is being tortured and maybe to show that its hidden and not in the open so
that everyone can see. Many enigmas are created which makes us wonder and want to watch the
rest of the film for us to understand the whole plot. For example, the audience are curious to know
who Evelyn Salt really is, if she is lying or not. Or who she has been captured by and why, was there a
main reason to why she has being tortured that much etc. We then find out later in the movie that
she used to be a Russian spy and now works for the CIA, but then help the Russians instead of the
Americans and turns against the Americans. But then she finds out she is doing wrong and that the
Russians are the bad guys in the movie. As the movie continues, this also questions whether she is
the protagonist or the antagonist.