Beyond the EU: DORA and NIS 2 Directive's Global Impact
Film Opening Analysis-Anchor Man
1. Film Opening Analysis-Anchor man: The Legend of Ron Burgundy (2004) Directed by Adam
McKay
The dialogue usedinthe openingscene of Anchor-manimmediatelytellsthe audience whatthe film
will be about,a time inthe not longago past(1970’s). The audience isintroducedslowlytothe
“legendary”RonBurgundyandhowimportanthe is fromthe clotheshe wearsto how he parks his
helicopterinthe middleof the road. Certainshotslike the close uponthe “news4” ringshow how
dedicatedhe istohisjob andhow respectedhe isinSantiagowhere the filmisset. Howeverthisis
juxtaposedwhenhe startsspeakingashe ispresentedtobe quite immature andnotreallyfittobe
readingthe news,aswhile he’sgoodathisjobhe feelsasthe thoughhe is a king:he drinksand
smokesathis table,childishlythrowstantrumsandshoutsat people “lookatme!”andis very
obnoxious“youlookgood”(speakingtohimself inthe mirror).Thistellsthe audience how thisfilmis
a satire on televisednewsatitsbirthand throughthe narrator about women’srole init. The opening
iseditedtolooklike itison an oldtelevisionandwhenRon’steamisintroducedduringthe “live
news”camerasthat wouldbe usedat the time are usedto give a sense of time tothe film.Thisis
alsodone by the outfitsandpropsusedsuch as cigarsthat all the menare smokingandthe old
school newsreportingdeskthat all show the audience the yearthe filmissetin.The musicused
duringthe openingcreditsgive asense of genre, comedy,withitsupbeattempo andhappyfeel and
alsogivesa sense of time asit wasa popularsongduringthe 70s.
