Opening Sequence

• • Mid shot playing chess - an allusion to the calculated and strategic nature of the war
  • Shot by himself (isolated) - reflective of America as isolationist
  • Shadow on Rick's face created by chiaroscuro lighting - he is in two minds, foreshadows his and America's shift in attitudes towards joining the war; 93% didn't want to join the war before Pearl Harbour, 91% wanted to join the war after
  • Camera tilts up - Rick is presented as America and the dominant masculine values (hegemonic)
  • "I stick my neck out for nobody" - isolationist

  
• • Brightly lit sign - sign of hope for the refugees in contrast to the remaining low key lighting, however it also looks like a prison spotlight which may reflect the concentration and prisoner of war camps
  • Long shot of 2 women walking into cafe - perhaps displays their helpless nature, entrapped by war, outside world is a place of crime
  • Chiaroscuro lighting - cafe represents America

  
• • Gauze filter and key lights on woman - presents her as weak and vulnerable, looking to men for help, damsel in distress
  • Two shot of man and woman - man is on the left of the frame to possibly establish his dominance and position in social hierarchy
  • Crab/pans across - showing the different accents/costumes, celebration of multi culturism
  • Low key lighting - reuse sets