Opening Sequence

• exploded projection with a planetary feel or an eye being made
• black eye (no soul) being formed/squashed in (‘eyes are the window of the soul’)
• road and river seen near/next to another and presented like they were the same
• white background suggests the woman is a ‘failed’ alien. Cycle is ended at the end of the film.
• Woman’s face looks like Laura’s at the end of the movie – narrative repetition
• Don’t know where they are but it doesn’t matter
• Scotland represented as cold/wet etc

Shopping Centre Sequence

• Fur coat – predator
• She’s alone contrasting to the majority of others who are with other people
• Clothes – the clothes are bold and picking out clothes is a very human thing for her to be doing. It can be interpreted as her adapting to being on earth or her purposefully wearing what could be considered to be sexually provocative clothing

Middle Sequence

• Laura is facing the other way to the alien in the cross fade suggesting her change of direction/path in life
• Fly on the window – point of view shot – flies individualistic unlike the ant at the beginning, she’s evolving from what she was/she compares the fly to Adam’s character and how he’s trapped somewhere he doesn’t want to be/representation of her trying o get out and wanting to be free. Feels empathy for people who are vulnerable now.
• The camera remains in the empty van after she has left and walked/ran out of shot – she’s left her position and her old ways/life
• Fog – she’s lost literally but could represent morally as well/white suggests clean slate
• The man has to walk from what looks like countryside back to civilisation (town) (Romantic’s links?)

Ending Sequence

• Sleeping in the tree’s shot – free/at peace/nature is big/nature plays a role/nature is powerful/she is connected with nature – both Laura and nature are unpredictable etc. It also links to the Romantics.
• Her face when she is holding it looks like the woman’s/alien’s from the beginning of the movie
• Fire – stands out, like she’s been cremated. The fire standing out from the white snow could suggest her loss of innocence
• The forest man has dirty clothes
• Mise en scene/trees in the foreground partially obscuring Laura – outsider/spying/creepy/vulnerable if you feel someone is watching
• The motorcyclist on the mountain looks like ‘wanderer above the sea of fog’ – Romantics link