In the opening of this film the first thing you hear is a piece of music in which is very gentle, the audience can instantly tell that the film will be a romantic film rather than an action film. The first shot is a slow motion over the shoulder shot of a injured man in the army. As this shot occurs a voice over begins saying: "There's something I want to tell you, after I got shot..." The audience instantly know that he is talking in first person meaning the injured man being displayed is him. The shot is then followed by a high angled long shot which is still slow motion of the soldiers, this could suggest that the two soldiers are vulnerable. The voice over then states "you want to know the very first thing that entered my mind, before i blacked out- Coins." as he says this a number of coins rush across the screen. Following this is a head shot of a boy almost like a freeze frame as coins rush down in front of him, the boy is portrayed as him as an 8 year old. There is then a sequence of extreme close ups of coins being made in a factory which shows important detail to the audience, which makes it clear that coins are very significant to what the film is about and may be referred to throughout. During this part the voice over is explaining how they are made which gives extra information to the viewer.
Following this the voice over says "I am a coin in the united states army, I was mended in the year 1980, i've been punched from sheet metal. I've been stamped and cleaned, my ridges has been rimmed and bevelled. Now i have two small holes in me, i'm no longer in perfect condition" This is a metaphor the voice over uses to relate his life and personal circumstances to coins. The last shot you see is a close up that fades out where the opening of the film ends.
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