Film Review/Analysis Of The Gift

In the opening scene of the gift we the sound of crickets and the scene of a lake at night surrounded by trees in a thick layer of mist this could symbolize a sense of mystery and dread it begins with a tracking shot along the river. We then see then see a dock and some trees to the side of the river with flashbacks (cutsences) of what's happened there with the sound of thunder with the sudden cutsences and the sound of crickets and ambient sound in the main scene. We then see a larger view of trees against the lake with the thick shroud of mist the next sence is of trees on the side of the bank in the day which follows through to show all the trees in the forest against the sunlight from the side of the lake this gives us a sense of reassurance knowing we can see our surroundings the opening credits then start to appear against the lake we are then shown the reflections of the trees against the lake in the sun to make us feel as if its unreal. 
The first thing we see after that is a close up of a watch and a pack of cards we can tell someone wants to know the time as there hand is on the watch and we can also tell that the watch and the cards are symbolic to her personality and essential what she does. She then takes the cards off the table and the camera cuts to a scene of a river going under a bridge against a public foot path. We then see to boys going over a smaller bridge across the river we then see a long shot of them messing around on the bridge telling us that there bored and looking for something to do.