At first we start with and establishing shot, we see we are in  the countryside, there is a small house, a girl hanging washing and a man chopping wood. The date on screen tells us we are mid WW2 and the landscape suggests a European setting, with this being bare in mind the systematic chopping noise that is echoing across the field towards the audience comes across as a lot more sinister and symbolic.
 As the shot changes we get more of an insight into these two characters, they are dressed quite poorly which tells us they are of low social class and the amount of clothing on the line surpasses the amount that two people alone would produce, they have a large family. The audience also has an opportunity to infer what their relationship is, going from apparent age they seem to be father and daughter.
 This is where things get going, these long shots have lulled the audience into a calm and safe feeling, but we hear the sound of the distant car at the same time as the girl hanging washing, this helps the audience to empathise with her. She moves the sheet aside and from over her shoulder we see the car approaching; this is when the music kicks in. It is a familiar tune, one that everyone can recognise and while it isn't normally threatening sounding, the look of alarm and fear on the girl's face combined with what we already know of the date makes it sounds sinister.
 She speaks the first word of the film, "Papa!" her accent tells us we're in France, occupied France. The shot changes to a low angle shot of her father slamming his axe into the tree trunk and leaving it there to turn and see what is happening,this shot makes him seem brave and heroic, someone for the audience to root for.It is purposefully overdramatic, he audience doesn't need this level of encouragement to root for him, generally speaking we would support anyone against the Nazis, however what it does do is show elements of a spaghetti western standoff and this alerts the audience to what is coming. With this new knowledge the classical music is transformed from a threat into a countdown to the inevitable conflict.
 Two more girls run out of the house and he orders them back inside before instructing the first girl, Julie as we now know her, to get some water before joining them inside. He sits on the tree stump with the sunset behind him and the shot follows his eyeline and we see the motorcade get nearer, they seem small from his perspective which makes him seem powerful and strong. As Julie goes inside he tells her not to run, he knows she is scared but also knows that to show fear could be fatal, this shows his wisdom to the audience but also makes them fear for him and his daughters, despite the previous defiant closeups.
 In the first two minutes we barely see the film's main antagonist but he makes and impact we see him in full, wearing a large intimidating cloak, stride towards the man and name him for us in what is technically a question but manages to sound more like a death sentence.