Good Noir Film Opening

Amazingly simplistic and plain but powerfully atmospheric. It’s a very short opening, barely 2 minutes long and containing only two cuts. Element of mese-en-scene suggest that there has been some kind of violence, an explosion maybe and the actresses costume shows she is a bride. The black and white picture is a style of filming rarely used in modern film but it’s used in this case to give the audience a sense of nostalgia. The sound is realistic and completely diagetic, bill’s footsteps, cocking and firing his gun and the woman’s breathing all add to a realistic viewing experience.