Film technique analysis

In this essay, I would like to go into a bit more detail about the first questions in both the first viewing questions and the study questions, since they are very similar in nature. The scene in question is the opening scene of the motion picture Smoke Signals, when, after a fade-in, we see a radio station broadcasting out of a trailer/mobile home-like structure. In this scene, the trailer cum radio station is filmed in a rather deep field most likely intended to show the mountainous background, which helps to give the viewer a sense of place. One could view only the first ten seconds of the movie and, even without the text across the screen stating “Coeur d’Alene Indian Reservation, Idaho, 1976”, immediately get an idea that that this film takes place in either the Rocky Mountain West or the Appalachian region somewhere. Sense of time is far more difficult to pinpoint. The radio station/trailer that DJ Randy Peone sits in appears to be in fairly decent condition (save for the various junk car and truck parts, old furniture and various pieces of trash strewn about the outside of the trailer. The KREZ “traffic van” also appears to be a Ford Econoline

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Approximate Word count = 1016
Approximate Pages = 4 (250 words per page double spaced)