London to Brighton Opening Sequence Analysis

As the sequence begins the production and funding titles appear animated at the start. Non-Diegetic spund effects are used to attract the audience attention. a location and time then appears over black '3:07am'. we can connote that at that London is very dangerous with stereotypical 'alcoholics or thugs' out. This is denoted by the early time of the morning.

The camera instantly cuts to a medium shot of a woman and girl rushing into a toilet. The camera then cut to a close up of the womans face , we can connote that this woman maybe in trouble , denoted by the black eye on her face, however, also by the aggressive kintetic movement of the camera. A dialogue is then exchanged between the mother and the daughter with close ups of their faces. The girl is seen to be crying and her mother pleads for her to stay locked in the toilet. The frantic kinetic camera movements connotes that the mother is desperate and in a hurry.

As the sequence continues the camera is then shot into a point of view shot as a car pulls up towards her. we can connote that the woman maybe a prostitue , this is denoted by her cheap clothing and stereotypical short dress. The camera then cuts to a close up of a lock which is then cross cuts between the lock and giel. From the close up of her facial expressions she is worried and timid. diegetic banging sounds of the door can be heard , as the girl opens the door it is her mother. They exchange diegetic dialogue and she whisks her daughter away from the toilet and takes her to a train station.

The camera cuts to a long shot of the train station , then cuts to a long shot of the train departing the platform finally cuts to a medium shot of the mother and daughter entering the carriage. As the sequence ends the camera then cross cuts between the mother and daughter as they exchange dialogue. the daughter aks "are we going to jail" this may connote that they have been up to no good and leaves the audience on a cliffhanger as it enters the next scene.