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 What are the first impressions of the lifestyle and nature of the family the audience gets ? 

The film opens with the scenery of nature at its finest. in the woods, catching the river flowing, rocks, grass, trees and wildlife. This may give the impression of a post apocalyptic world as then the family of humans are introduced. It also could resemble a era in the past where there are no industrial places to live and it is far from the current state the audience lives in. The wide shots of the landscape captures the audiences attention as it makes it feel very natural and almost real as the audience feel emersed in the films reality, especially when the eldest son Bo attacks the deer.

The impact and first impression of the family changes from the beginning of the opening scene to the endThis is seen as we go from thinking they are some sort of tribe to thinking that they're just stranded in the wild-life. 
The usage of camera in this opening scene is mainly hand-held, this is to add a bit of "a realistic" feeling to the scene as we are in the middle of a forest, nature, trees are visible so we want to make sure this feels as natural as possible. 
There is very few cuts in this scene, most cuts are only to show different perspectives and shots are decently long, this adds a some sort of tense in this scene particularly in the shot where the boy is killing the deer.
There isn't any background music and what you can mainly hear in terms of sound is the leaves, water stream and wind. This once again adds into the sense of nature which furthermore supports the theme of wildlife/nature.


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