Blade Runner Analysis

                                               Blade Runner Opening Analysis

Blade Runner's opening sequence is incredible because of the effects. There is only two shots that are mainly used. These are extreme wide shots and extreme close ups. These shots are used to show the audience the location, which should be the opening to any film. It shows how the planet has changed in the future.

 The film is set in 2019, which is still the future now. It shows a darker world and a polluted world. The sky is very dark and brown showing this polluted world. The buildings have explosions coming out of the top of them. This shows that something has gone wrong on Earth and it has ruined the way of life. The cars that go past are very few. This shows that not many people go outside anymore, especially because in the Los Angelas we know today there are many people always outside. This shows that there may be a problem with the government.

The extreme close up of the eye is very mysterious because we don’t know whom it is or why it is here. The reflection of the flames in the eye shows how it is just taking in the world around it. The eye represents the audience because the audience is seeing this world for the first time. The eye is just watching what is happening like us and shows no emotion. It adds to the negativity of the world and how it is a dystopian world. The environment shows that the world may be after a war that has devastated the planet. The war may have been between the Replicants and the Humans.