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The film 'Paris, Texas' has an opening sequence designed to make the audience ask questions and thus lead them to watch more as they want there questions answered.
Immediately when the sequence starts the music is that considered with the wild west, or desserts, having this played gives the audience pictures of a vast open space, but also of danger because most people will know just how dangerous it is to be in a dessert, what with the lack of water and scorching heat.
Despite only using a few different camera shots and styles the opening sequence leaves a lot of unanswered questions. It begins with an establishing shot of the dessert which is filmed from a high angle, this amplifies just how empty the setting is and leaves the question as to why this place is being filmed. Then as the camera goes over a sandy hill, we see a figure. Straight away questions are asked as to why there is anyone in the dessert alone. The shot then goes to a bird of prey landing above the figure, this implies he has been there a while as the bird is supposedly eyeing him up as it's next meal.
The mise-en-scene of the scene alone brings up a few talking points as firstly it is very empty and uses the vast empty space to great advantage showing that the man is there alone and is probably lost. The second hint that he is lost comes into costume, the man is seen to be wearing a suit and tie, not very traditional for a dessert hike. This intrigues the viewer as they want to find out not only how he got there, but why he is in a suit.
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