Enemy of the State

Enemy of the State

(Scott, 1998,UK)

Cinematography

The opening sequence uses some imagery of CCTV cameras and a lot of shots which are in birds eye view making it seem like someone is spying on the people in the street from some sort of sattelite spying on people which gives the impression this film will be about hackers or some instance government spying agencies like the CIA or the FBI.

There is a lot of this imagery of cameras and close ups and sped up shots of cameras as well as a lot of police footage and real life looking footage of police gun fights and car chases which gives the impression that this film is about the government and spying as well as the use of cameras and heavily influenced by technology.
 

Mise-En-Scene
The mise-en-scene for this film is very government and is heavily influenced by the police and cameras as well as spying and modern technology by using what seems like real life footage of police chases and CCTV cameras watching people as well as using a few birds eye shots and putting a tracking view finder over the shot to make it seem like someone is watching through a camera on a sattelite makes the audience feel quite un-easy as it could make them feel like they are being watched.   

Editing
 The editing for this opening sequence is very fast paced quickly cutting through each of the shots of real footage they have used to make things seem very fast paced and makes the film feel like a fast action film with a lot of fighting. This will be used to make the audience un-easy as they wont know what they are looking at as it goes by so quickly. This creates the atmosphere of a professional spying is quick and makes things feel fast paced and adrenaline fueled.

Sound
The music that accompanies the opening sequence is quite fast in tempo which syncs in with the editing, fast pace, this makes things seem very fast and action like. The music is also very loud in volume and has very low pitch notes dragged out through the opening sequence making things seem not so action like but more mysterious and makes the film feel more like a film about spies than the fast paced action that we originally thought it would have been.