Sin City Opening Analysis ☮ ☮ ☮

"Sin City"(2005) is a film focusing on four tales about crime, based on  comic novels, using love, corrupt law enforcement and earning blood money, Sin City shows vivid action through a black and white comic book like effect, showing little colour.

The opening shot shows a high angled shot with a bold black and white effect on a empty rooftop terrace , in what appears to be  overlooking a busy city at night, we hear cars rush by also leading the audience to believe that the location is in an urban area. We then see a woman emerge from directly under the camera with a blood red dress on and rest against the balcony, not showing her face making her come across as mysterious, The woman is shown as significant here as she has attention drawn to her, as this is the only colour onscreen. We then hear light jazz music in the background suggesting that the film is being set in a past decade due to the popular love of jazz in the past.We then hear a man's narrative over the scene seemingly describing the woman in shot, making the audience wonder who the man is, and if he is possibly her partner. The camera then cuts showing the woman's face, showing also her lipstick in colour to be blood red, the colour also makes the audience think that the woman is lustful and or dangerous, as red is considered the colour of lust but also is the colour of blood, sending mixed signals about her.

We also see a shaded man approach behind her, making the audience think that this could be the man narrating and means he could be a leading role in the film. This is then confirmed when he says "I let her hear my footsteps", making the audience further wonder whether he has feelings of love or hate for this woman. Behind the man we see bright lights coming from what appears to be a posh,fancy building, which explains why the woman is wearing an elegant dress and the shaded man in a suit, also suggesting to the audience that a party may be occurring. 

In a medium shot we see that the man edges closer to the woman when she realises he is there she doesn't seem fazed by it, making the audience think that she knows the man. Now showing the man in the light to be seen by the audience in a close up smiling and appearing to be a young charismatic man. He has slicked back hair and seems very presentable, making the audience see him as an organised, respectable and charming man.

The woman now facing the gentleman, accepts a "smoke" from the him,  seemingly flirting with him, making the audience fit her to be flirtatious due to her dress and lip colour also. The man seems to also be attracted to the woman as he states he came here for her, further suggesting he is interested in the woman love wise.  The man goes onto compliment her face and figure, making it seem he is after something. He then compliments her eyes, which glow bright green contrasting to the bleak colours around her, The green eyes give a cat like effect , making her seem like a loner due to cats independent qualities.

It is then revealed by the man that the woman is "sick of running" and "ready to face what she has to face", suggesting to the audience that the women is perhaps a criminal and committed a terrible crime and is on the run, and maybe the man is after her or is trying to help her. The woman confirms that she "doesn't want to face it alone", suggesting that she wants the man to be with her, still not showing whether they know each other or not, still showing a mysterious sense about the story, Other than the dark lighting showing that the film is going to be a dark and perhaps sinister theme throughout.

The woman then turns to the man , showing that it is raining, also setting a perhaps romantic mood as most romantic scenes are in a rain setting, but due to the dark colours and mysterious vibes, there is an unusual sense about this moment. The woman then kisses the man, with the camera turning to a side shot of the couple in white silhouettes in a long shot, with the background then changing to a cartoon type setting, showing it as a love story in this shot, making the audience root for their relationship. 

The effect then goes back to the black and white, showing the two embracing each other in the rain, in a medium side close up, where the man goes on further describing the woman in sweet ways to which the audience would see him as a kind ,considerate and romantic man. The man then goes on to say what he tells the woman, then saying "I tell her I love her", giving the audience only a quick moment to admire this as suddenly after he says this we hear a gun shot, making the audience jump, seeing the woman's body go limp, we assume that she has been shot, and we see the man raise a gun, puzzling the audience as to why the man would shoot her after saying everything romantic about her, and why he didn't shoot her when she hadn't noticed him as soon as he saw her? 

But promptly after we see the man at a high angled shot holding the woman on the floor, saying " I hold her close until she is gone", making the audience believe the man did know her and did care about her but for some unknown reason had to kill her, and truly did mean the things that he said. The rain falls onto the body, making it seem depressing as the once romantic rain is now setting an upsetting scene. The scene closes with the man saying "I'll cash her cheque in the morning", possibly seeming to the audience that the woman being killed was a bounty and the man is either an official of the law or an assassin, ordered to kill her for money, or the woman herself for some reason requested for him to kill her, and the cheque was actually hers, snd he killed her out of love.