Indiana Jones - Raiders Of The Lost Ark Opening Scene Analysis

The first shot shows a close up of the idol and the protagonist, zooming out so we can see the surroundings and the circumstances he's in. we then see a shot from behind him showing clearly the idol. The dramatic music shows the situation they are in. After this, the music stops as suddenly, after he thinks he's replaced the idol, the temple starts to collapse, there is then a tracking shot of him as he tries to run through all the traps. there is then some over the shoulder shots as the two people have a conversation. After this, there is an extreme high shot as the protagonist jumps over the hole, this shows us that although he seems to be in a tricky situation, we are hinted that he will make out alive. We then see a low shot as he slips back down and the door is almost closed, showing the doubt of him getting out. After he escapes, we then see a small establishing shot, showing us the type of place he's in: a skeleton with an arrow through its head shows the dangerous situation. We then see the corpse of the person he was talking to, and it makes the audience feel like that he deserved it for trying to leave him to die. We then see a number of different panning shots as he is running away frmo the huge boulder chasing him.  The dramatic music has started playing again, showing that he is desperate to escape alive.