Three Colour Blue

The opening scene to ‘Three colour blue’, the camera starts of inside a tire.We then hear sounds of a busy highway, the camera then pulls back to show us it was a tire of a moving car, and then the car goes through a tunnel. In the back of this car; there is a young girl glazing outside the widow. We then see oil dripping. The camera focuses on the oil and blurs the background.  The car then stops. The only member of the family we see is the young girl and a glance of her father. The next shot the car was on  high-speed.

We then see a young boy playing with his toy; the toy was making a clicking noise. I noticed it had the same rhythm as the oil dripping. The toy could symbolise the crash because it had the same rhythm. This young boy was hopping to catch a ride. He spots the car speeding very fast; then he stands up. Suddenly the car crashes into a tree. He then runs to help the family in the car.

In the opening scene we did not see the husbands face, however his body structure seemed as if he was exhausted. In the start of the film it was at late night, but now its early in the morning. This shows he was driving for quite some time. This could also could be what triggered the car accident as well as the oil dripping.

In the beginning of the scene when the car when inside the tunnel. The camera showed us what the little girl ‘Anna’ saw in the back of the car. In that shot the scene kept on fading black as if the film has ended. The shot sizes in this movie are short. There where no special affects in the opening scene. The camera was focused at the oil dripping and it blurred the background.  The camera movements goes side to side (panning) in the scene were the girl runs out of the car. In the opening scene the film does not introduce any characters, except ‘Anna’ who we hardly know.

I personally think this film looks very interesting. From the first shots of this movie, I could automatically tell it was going to be a depressing but interesting film. In the opening scene there was no diegetic sound used. When I first heard about this movie the title ‘Three coulor blue’ stunned me because it’s a unique title. Overall I thought this movie was fascinating and I would like to see what happens towards the end.