FGC:Episode 01 Cut 001

FGC:Episode 01 Cut 001

Screenshots	Cut #	Description/Dialogue	Commentary
	001	Sunlight glistens on the ocean surface. SE <<Sound of a helicopter>>	Gundampilotspaz: I still remember the very first time I saw this opening scene. I had no idea what I was in for. Reichu: Odds are, most of us didn't. Additional Commentary   Kendrix: And here it comes, the glistening water surface. Anno really loves those (They're also quite abundant in "Nadia", tough that makes a lot more sense since it's set on a submarine), so prepare to see a lot of them, from above and below the surface. This here could be considered the setup for book ends (even tough not even Anno knew how this would end and what call backs that ending would contain by the time they made episode 1, some materials state he was quite undecided and with all we know about the creative process of Rebuild, I believe it, after all, he could never decide and thus gave us two endings XD) as the surface of liquid/a shoreline with destroyed infrastructure around it is also one of the last things we'll see. On the water surfaces/shorelines themselves, they're said to be associated with the border between the conscious and the subconscious and obviously used with that in mind in some of the introspection scenes... here, it's probably just to create the proper atmosphere while keeping in mind what associations the ocean is going to create in the audience's mind , being an ancient, primal force of nature but also the source of all life. Another thing that makes this opening scene so effective is that its dominated by harsh, loud sound effects with only silence in the background, no music, no human voice, gives it all a very "reality-like" feel, detached as a documentary would be without sensationalizing anything or trying too hard to be epic.