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The Tree of Life : Opening Sequence

Mrs. O'Brien (Jessica Chastain) and Mr. O'Brien (Brad Pitt) learn of their son's death.

Opening Sequence

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canted frame, close-up, fade-in, fade-out, handheld camera, insert, intertitles, jump cut, low angle, medium close-up, medium shot, mobile framing, music, nondiegetic, pan, sound, nondiegetic, subjective insert, tilt, tracking shot, voiceover narration

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LGBTQ: Cisgender Female, LGBTQ: Cisgender Male, LGBTQ: Heterosexual Man, LGBTQ: Heterosexual Woman, White: White American

"Opening Sequence" in The Tree of Life. Directed by Terrence Malick, River Road Entertainment, 2011, Kinolab, https://kinolab.org/FilmClip.php?id=4110

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