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Sunset Boulevard : Opening Sequence

Joe Gillis (William Holden) begins the story of his demise.

Opening Sequence
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Credits, Opening, ambient sound , aspect ratio, camera height, crane shot, dialogue, dissolve, dolly in, dolly out, dolly shot, establishing shot, everyday mise-en-scene, flashback, focus, framing, long shot, medium long shot, medium shot, mirror shot, mobile framing, music, nondiegetic, narrator, opening sequence, pan, reflexive narration, retrospective plot, set, shot/reverse shot, sound effects, sound mixing, tilt, two-shot, voiceover narration, whip pan, zoom-in

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LGBTQ: Cisgender Female, LGBTQ: Cisgender Male, LGBTQ: Heterosexual Man, LGBTQ: Heterosexual Woman, White: White American
"Opening Sequence" in Sunset Boulevard. Directed by Billy Wilder, Paramount, 1950, Kinolab, https://kinolab.org/FilmClip.php?id=3285
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