Opening Scene in ''Ghost in the Shell'' (1995)

The anime thriller ''Ghost in the Shell'' was directed in 1995 by Mamoru Oshii and is based on 1989's manga with the same title written by Masamune Siro. The anime manga and film both had a massive impact on the development of cyberpunk, neonoir, science fiction, thriller etc. Even Wachowski brothers said that ''Ghost in the Shell'' had a huge influence on creating ''Matrix''.

The scene contains the process of making the ''Ghost in the shell''-the robot for special tasks. The beginning of the scene is mostly filled with close up shots of certain body parts to make the audience know how robots are made. Sometimes a camera does tilt movement to show the whole body of robot. During the extract the titles with green numbers are seen which again approves that it had an impact on ''Matrix''. After the beginning of the scene the camera uses mostly medium and long shots except some moments when it has to focus on special object or moment. Many cutting on action cuts are made so the action is the same but the shots are different, it is made probably to make viewers focus on some moments.

The music is composed by Kenji Kawai and it features the choir singing in a very strange manner and also the music features the talking drums. All of it makes the atmosphere very anxious.

In the end the smash cut happens and the main hero wakes up. This can mean that she has a memory of how she was made. The last thing that we see is the framing composition of her in a dark room where the view on the Tokyo city is seen.

Ghost in the Shell - Making of a cyborg (Opening) UHD 4K HDR - YouTube

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