The opening sequence does not include any long shots but is very short and snappy and suggests to the audience that it is set in an office or someones home as the props used are your typical daily use thing like tape scissors and paper. everything is shown for a very short time creating suspense and tension making the audience want to know more. All of the shots are reasonably dark which creates more tension.
The editing is a montage of a lot of different short clips from around the room and object close ups. Nothing is in order therefore shows more mysteriousness and darkness. Some of the clips fade into black creating a eire feel and atmosphere.
The non-diegetic soundtrack is fairly slow at the very beginning making the editing of the shots slow but once the speed builds up the editing becomes shorter and snappier to create even more tension. Some clips are in slow motion. This is an added special effect when editing, there is also so flickering and background noise to make the mood eire again.
The titles look like they are in a hand written font and t appears in white to make it stand out from the black background. The production companies are listed first in this order: New Line Cinema, Arnold Kopelson and the followed by titles for the creator of the film David Fincher and the main actors. In this case Brad Pitt and Morgan Freeman.
Bea, will you be putting these analyses into a different presentational format? Each slide needs an illustration. Spellings: beginning. What is the genre of this film opening? Have you covered all the institutional conventions?
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