Opening sequence to "Lord of the flies" - 1980-Harry Hook.
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GCSE English Media Coursework Opening sequence to "Lord of the flies". 1980-Harry Hook The scene opens with a plain, blue screen, we become aware that this is water. All is silent at this point. The camera stays still as what seems to be a man -the captain of a ship, sinks past the camera. The captain seems to be bleeding from his nose. He sinks down out of the camera shot. The camera is still in the same position; all we see is the bubbles of the sinking captains breath. The only sound is an eerie, non-diegetic, whale like sound in the distance. A boy swims into view; down past the camera in the direction of the captain, he drags the captain back into the shot. The camera then tilts upwards to follow them. Suddenly, the camera jump cuts to a water level view of lots of boys struggling for their lives....

