Up The Junction Opening Scene Analysis

Up the Junction 

Director: Peter Collinson

Release Date: 25th January 1968 (UK) 13th March 1968 (US)

Company Idents:  Paramount Pictures

Shot 1: This shot shows a medium shot of quite a posh car pulling up outside a large house. This shot is through a tall black gate, and this shows straght away what the social class of the characters in this scene is like. The medium shot continues showing a young woman walking out of the house. The driver gets out of the car to open the car door for the woman, again showing what the social class of these characters could be.

Shot 2: This shot is a medium close up of the car driving away from the house, and a medium shot of the girl in in the car before it drives away.

Shot 3: New characters are introduced in this scene. An extreme long shot shows three women walking out of a terraced house on a busy residential street. The camera stays on the girls as the walk right up to the camera, so that we see a close up of the girls. The girls stay in shot for a few seconds talking to each other.

Shot 3

Shot 4: The next shot cuts to a high angle shot of the same car from the first few shots of the film. It shows the car driving down a long road, before slowly stopping. The girl gets out of the car, walks off down the pavement and out of shot. The camera then pans off to the distance and non-diagetic music is played. This is where the opening scene ends.