The film opens with traditional plain titles in Kazak, with English subtitles poorly placed over them, this gives the feeling this is a cultural film / documentary with a low production budget.
An example of the foreign subtitled opening of Borat. This gives the film a international low budget feel adding to the fact it is a cross cultural documentary.
Along with the titles there is some cultural music to add to the effect it is a foreign documentary.
Through out most of the introduction there is handheld tracking shot of Borat going backwards as he introduces Kusic’s landmarks. this adds to making the user believe this is a documentary.
Through out the opening high key lighting is used to make the film seem very natural and friendly.
Finally there is a shot of Borat reporting from his local TV station this matches up with his role as a reporter and confirms he is a professional makes the plot more effective as he is going to be doing his job in America.
Macro features
There is a opening shot of a eastern European village which is later identified as Kusic in Kazakhstan later on by Borat.
Within Kusic there are a lot of improvised shacks along with a few rusted cars a donkeys this shows that Kusic is not a developed town and it’s people are somewhat backward technologically.
A Intransitive narrative is used whilst Borat is walking to add to the fact the film is supposed to be a documentary.
Borat’s mankini identifies that this film is not a documentary but in fact a comedy or a mockumentary.
Another point that can be made about the manikini is being a very vivid colour it is more likely to bring attention to it this makes it seem even more comical. Along with the fact he is wearing shoes and socks this add's to the idiotic element of his character.
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