1. Media PresentationBlue VelvetDavid LynchBy Joel Monk

2. Clip 3. Analysis I find the opening sequence of David Lynchs BlueVelvet to be one of my all time favourite scenes froma film. It is extremely visually stimulating and as you digdeeper into the symbolism it becomes more andmore interesting. 4. Shot by Shot Analysis1 -The title is shown over a blue velvet curtain backdrop as the song BlueVelvet plays over the top.The shot then dissolves into a downward pan from the near cloudless skydown to some red roses. The roses then dissolve and a collection of shotsof typical American Suburb life. E.g a friendly fireman drives past, acrossing guard helping children cross the roadAll these shots are slightly unfocused and blurry and lit in a very soft way.Making them seem more like memories than actual places and events. 5. Shot by Shot Analysis2 The nostalgic montage then cuts to a man watering his front lawn. Thencuts to his wife watching a crime show on television (irony?). It then cutsback to the man where we see his hose begin to spray erratically. There isthen a series of quick cuts between the man trying to untangle his hose,the knot in the hose and the water valve where the pressure is increasing.These quick cuts effectively raise the tension levels until the man begins tostart clutching his neck and is having a stroke. It then cuts to him on thefloor in the mud. 6. Shot by Shot Analysis3-We see a slow motion shot of the water from the mans hose spraying inthe air then back to a wide shot of the man on the ground. A dog is tryingto bite the stream of water and a small child wanders down from nextdoor to see what is happening. 7. Shot by Shot Analysis4-The film then cuts to a close up of the grass where the water is beingsplashed. This then cuts to an extreme close up of the blades of grasswhilst the Blue Velvet soundtrack in the background fades away. Theblades of grass are separated as the camera moves through them. Themusic changes into a disturbing rustling and a high pitched drone. Thisbuilds to a crescendo when the camera reaches the source of the noisewhich is a group of beetles fighting under the grass. There are then severalmore extreme close ups of the beetles which are unnerving and disturbing.The shots are starkly lit and are full of erratic movement which unsettleswatchers and gives them a feeling of disgust. 8. Analysis This sequence really sets the mood for the rest of the film. I think that the message behind the sequence of events is that nomatter what the surface shows there is always a darker, more sinisterside to perfect things. The man having the stroke is very unsettling to the audience afterhaving seen all the idyllic suburban life clips. Right under the perfect, green grass of the lawn, there is a nasty,bundle of beetles fighting. The contrast in lighting between the underworld of the grass andsuburbia. Soft and sunny for above, dark and shadowed for the insectscene. One is innocent and happy, the other is filthy and violent. Bothco-exist but are completely unaware of each other.