Looper Opening Scene Analysis

The start of this scene shows Levitt looking at his watch. The watch is quite outdated, which means we know that this is set some time ago. We then see a close up of his face in which he is repeating something which can be heard through his headphones. The dull look on his face and his tone of voice tells us he is bored, or he is fed up of doing this job.

He then looks at his watch again, as if he's waiting for something to happen, and after this he stands up. The fact that he is holding a gun shows us he has a lot of authority and the way he holds it shows us he is comfortable with handling this.

We then see a figure appear with a hood over his head. We know that this is not a realistic film as we see the hooded figure materialize from nothing. Then Levitt casually shoots him as soon as he appears. This shows that he's obviously doing a job for someone. Levitt seems to be quite casual about shooting someone in the face, we expect him to be a lot different seeing as he just killed someone.

Levitt throwing his gun down shows that he must have to do something with the body as a routine. The scene then cuts to the title of the film with a loud bang and slowly fades out.