• This opening sequence begins with just sound. We see a black screen so that the audience totally focuses in on what they are hearing. I think this is extremely effective because it allows the audience to imagine their own imagery to the sound they are hearing before, before we see the 'real' imagery on the screen.
• The newsreader talks about the youngest human left alive in the world, and he is nicknamed Baby Diego. This immediately grabs the audience attention and we are left wondering why this is so.
• A straight cut to a show a group of adults in the coffee shop shocked by the news. The colors worn by these people in the show are all dark colors, to match the mood of the shop. Also there is a slightly blue tint used in this scene to emphasize feelings of misery and death. This also suggests the film will contain a lot of depression scenes, which could be used as a generic convention for a thriller or tragedy. The audiences are able to sense that something has been going on to make the whole atmosphere feel dead and heavy. • The main character is made clear to the audience , because the camera follows him throughout the scene, it is important for the audience to get it know the main characters in the opening sequence as it can prevent confusions later on in the film. • The second scene contains many different types of mid-shots and close ups to help re-focus us on the main character after hearing the saddening news about Diego. The camera movement is slow representing a slow movement of life. • The sound of the explosion is diegetic sound; the audience can see where this noise is coming from and the ‘bomb ‘sound matches the explosion that we see on the screen. This adds to the generic convection of a thriller. • I particularly loved the way the title came up at the end of this opening sequence, added a huge element of surprise and the audience is left in suspense
• This opening sequence begins with just sound. We see a black screen so that the audience totally focuses in on what they are hearing. I think this is extremely effective because it allows the audience to imagine their own imagery to the sound they are hearing before, before we see the 'real' imagery on the screen.
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• A straight cut to a show a group of adults in the coffee shop shocked by the news. The colors worn by these people in the show are all dark colors, to match the mood of the shop. Also there is a slightly blue tint used in this scene to emphasize feelings of misery and death. This also suggests the film will contain a lot of depression scenes, which could be used as a generic convention for a thriller or tragedy. The audiences are able to sense that something has been going on to make the whole atmosphere feel dead and heavy.
• The main character is made clear to the audience , because the camera follows him throughout the scene, it is important for the audience to get it know the main characters in the opening sequence as it can prevent confusions later on in the film.
• The second scene contains many different types of mid-shots and close ups to help re-focus us on the main character after hearing the saddening news about Diego. The camera movement is slow representing a slow movement of life.
• The sound of the explosion is diegetic sound; the audience can see where this noise is coming from and the ‘bomb ‘sound matches the explosion that we see on the screen. This adds to the generic convection of a thriller.
• I particularly loved the way the title came up at the end of this opening sequence, added a huge element of surprise and the audience is left in suspense