Analysing the opening scene of 'The Guardians of the Galaxy'

Analysing the opening scene of 'The Guardians of the Galaxy':

In the opening scene of 'The Guardians of the Galaxy', it begins with a close-up shot of a tape player, it then zooms out to a medium shot of a boy sitting with headphones on. There is diegetic music as he is listening to it through headphones. Hearing the music as an audience too, makes you feel as if you're inside the boys head. The shot then zooms out to a long shot, of the boy sitting on the chair in a hospital, he's all alone. The audience can see down a long corridor and at one point they see someone walk past, however the quietness of the hospital gives the impression that this scene is at night. Another character appears in the long shot, which the audience would presume is the uncle. The shot is zoomed out so they're merely subjects in a large setting, this would make the audience focus on the two actors.

There is then diegetic on-screen dialogue from one of the characters. The camera then reverts back to a medium shot, this gives a better view of the relationship between the two characters. The diegetic music stops when the actor as the 'uncle' takes the headphones off the little boy. The shot then changes to a medium shot which tracks the small boys movement as he walks into a room.This shot shows the emotion within his face.

The shot then changes to a panning shot of a hospital room which is filled with people surrounding a bed, this symbolises to the audience that someone is ill or could be dying therefore an emtional time. Non - diegetic music plays lightly in the background. The camera shows a close-up shot of one of the actors lying in the hospital bed, then it changes to an over the shoulder shot of the boy, this shows the perceptive of the character. Diegetic dialogue is then exchanged.

There is then a close-up of the woman's hand, this symbolises affection as she tries to hold it out for the little boy. The little boy refuses which creates enigma as to why he refused. Another enigma would be why the woman was in hospital.

The shot then changes to a long shot as the boy is carried out of the room away from the dying woman. There is then a slow motion tracking shot of the uncle like figure walking away. The non-diegetic music gets louder as the close-up of the emotional boys face, zooms out.  This creates sympathy towards the little boy from the audience.

The shot then changes to tracking as the audience watches the little boy run away. As the boy emerges out of the double dorrs, there is a high angled shot to show vulnerability. The shot again changes to an extreme long shot of the boy running through an outside deserted space in the middle o the night. This creates mystery for the audience as they don't know where he's going. The extreme long shot also makes the boy look very small which symbolises vulnerability as he is very small in this shot.

In the last twenty seconds of the scene, the little boy is on th ground crying showing his emotions. He is in the middle of the grass, portrayed in a medium shot, when a bright light hits him. the light is from the space ship. this creates enigma as the audience questions why the spaceship is there, however the sudden bright light could symbolise a brighter future ahead.

An extreme long shot, shows the humongous spaceship and underneath the audience can see the little boy who seems so much smaller as he is now being compared to a gigantic ship.

Special effects are used alongside the non-diegetic music and the on screen diegetic sounds from the spaceship and from the boy screaming. The special effects are used as there is a swirl of light around the boy as the spaceship 'beams' him up into it. The view the audience have is from a high angle shot which shows how scared the boy is.