Analysis of the first 2 minutes of Forrest Gump

We watched the first two minutes of Forrest Gump to prepare ourselves for our main task. We watched the two minutes but stopping it every 10 seconds to write down what happened in those 10 seconds. We wrote this down on a story board so that it was easier to keep track of what happened in each section. The first 50 seconds are of a feather floating around high up in the air among the trees and the tops of buildings. While this is happening the credits  are showing in the middle of the screen. This is the establishing shot. After this the camera pans down still following the feather to the street. This shows cars and people walking along the street. The first person we see is Forrest (main character) sitting on the bench but this isn't obvious as the camera is still panning around. The feather almost lands on someone crossing the street which makes you think he is the main character. Then the feather gets lifted up again and lands on Forrest's dirty shoes. He then picks it up carefully and puts in away in his very neatly packed brief case. Throughout all this time There is calm music playing and the shot is just one whole panning shot with no cuts what so ever. This makes it seem very simple and calm which may represent who Forrest is and what his personality is like.