Analysing the opening of 'Delicatessen'

 French Film

Exposition:

Introducing background information 

Story characters 

Context prior events —time/place 

Set a Tone:

Suspense 

Back humour 

Structure of the sequence:

Discreet 

(Separate from film)

Place - accordion music 

-written text 

Time - establishing shot (thick yellow fog, Broken buildings) 

Cannibalism

Humour - acting editing knife/ title 

Suspense- perspective POV shots 

Exposition:

Exposition is the way in which a film induces background information. For example, in the opening scene of 'delicatessen' the audience is introduced an establishing shot in which we can see a bombed out building and thick yellow fog/smoke that is creating the setting for the audience. Later introduced to context which are prior to the events as well as the time and place. commonly having something to do with the characters in the opening.