opening scene - APOCALYPSE NOW

Opening Scene Analysis

Cinematography 

At first all we see is green. - which is a calming/positive colour - and then all of a sudden there are many explosions and the green-coloured scene quickly turns red/orange/yellow - these colours show danger - then the colour turns to black



The camera does not move during the first minute or the opening scene but after the explosions happen a pan is used to show more of the explosions happening 
The camera turns so that the man is no longer upside down and then the camera moves around the room. 

As the camera moves around the mans room remains at a mid-close up shot/ medium shot and does not reveal the whole room at once - this confuses the audience as we are only shown the room item by item and we almost have to piece it all together. 
After we are shown his face again, he gets up and the camera moves as if he was holding it while he walks towards the window
Most of the time that his face is shown, there is dark lighting

Editing 

All of the smoke helps the scene of the burning forrest to transition into another scene of a man's face but the mans face is faintly shown as we can still see the forrest burning. Slowly the mans face is shown more and more and the forrest fades out and then the forrest fades back in but we can still see the man's face however we can see the forrest more clearly. The forrest scene is not still - it is a pan of all the trees burning but the mans face remains in the same place that it was 
The fading in and out of the man and his room continues until about half way through the opening scene which the forrest completely goes off the screen and we and now only shown the man and the room he is in. 
When the scenes are changing, the transition used is almost always a fade 

Mise-en-scene 

The first thing we see is a forrest full of green trees and plants - this confuses the audience because its the middle of nowhere. Then a helicopter flies by - this reveals to the audience where the sound is coming from. Then we see yellow smoke coming from below the camera. After the music plays for a little bit, explosions begin in the forrest and the scene turns almost into a war zone as there are many explosions. During the pan shot, helicopters begin to fly by 
The camera moves around the mans room to show us different items in his room - one of the first things we are shown in the room clearly is a glass of alcohol with the bottle next to it on a messy table 
We are shown a gun under his pillow

Sound  

Before we even see anything, we hear a sound. This sound is a helicopter - this suggests that helicopters will play a big part in the movie; also suggests that this is a key sound and sound in general is a big part of the film as we hear that sound before we see anything. After the helicopter flies by, music begins to play and then the helicopter sound comes back. Even during the explosions, the calming music does not stop playing
Even when the forrest scene is gone we can still hear the helicopter sound while the music continues to play
Then when we see his face again, the music fades out
When there is a close up of him looking out the window, all the sound goes away and there is silence

Performance 

There is a close up of a mans face upside down but he doesn't show much emotion - he just blinks and his eyes move - he is very sweaty - it looks like he is looking up while laying down - he is smoking