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| The Tourist film poster |
The Tourist is a action/romance film, starring Johnny Depp and Angelina Jolie, directed by Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck. The narrative is about a tourist from America, Frank, as he is on a trip to Italy to fix his broken heart. Unfortunately he crosses paths with a mysterious woman called Elise who puts him on quite a voyage, but eventually it seems like fate. The opening sequence begins on a black backdrop with the titles appearing in a pale blue with red lines around it. The camera fades in to Elise walking down a street, with close-ups shown of her feet walking. She is dressed in all beige, looking very elegant and sophisticated, which already tells us a lot about her character. Her facial expressions do not express how she is feeling, so we are unsure on where she is going. We then see a few men watching her every move on a monitor, this attracts us to the film because we are interested in the character she is. She takes a seat in a cafe and gets handed over a letter shortly after. We see a close-up of the envelope and it has her name on it. The use of close-ups are shown in this particular scene to show us that she is sharing her confidentiality with the audience to give us an insight on the type of character she is. After the cutaway shot of the letter she takes a lit candle off the table and sets the letter on fire, she then gets up and leaves the money owed to the cafe for her order and leaves.
The use of monitors and the spying effect shows us that this film is a action film, also the softer side to Elise and her dress sense represents the romantic genre of the film and this is all well portrayed in the opening sequence, as we already know a lot by just watching the first few minutes. This film goes on to being a very intriguing and romantic film.
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