Opening sequences

Se7en by David Fincher;

In this opening you see a mysterious character, you cannot see his face at all, you can only see his fingers.
You also know he is planning to do something bad, from the surroundings he is in, and from his intense note writ ting.
The misenscene is a darkened room, almost like a cellar, there are photos and notes spread around the entire room of dead people and plans to kill them. This creates intensity already in the film.
The credits flash white on black, they also appear on the screen as if the character has written them onto the screen in scruffy handwriting.
The music is very effective, it makes the audience feel very uneasy and at edge, this is because the sound track is very strong sounding, picks up in sound and pace.

There also is a colour scheme; red white and black, the red gives off negative connotations of danger and blood. There are also many photos of dead people spread around the set, this is suggestive that the character we see on the screen is a brutal killer.

The camera angles and shots are sped up, and flash on to the screen. The camera shots gain focus on to the notes he is writing, and are mostly close-ups and medium close ups so the audience can view some of what he has written, or view photos of his victims.


Psycho;

The music in the title sequence creates a tense opening, it finishes with a low note which is contrasting and creates a mood for the film.
Panning shot is used - then dissolves to next shot behind.
The text appearing disguises the screen transition.
The shot then focuses on a random window on random building this creates tension as the audience is wondering what is happening inside the building, the shot then swiftly enters into darkness, this creates tension into the first scene.
Close ups are used on (Sam), then the camera pans across the room, and a medium long shot on Marion.
Panning/circular panning - follows actors and medium close up shows intimacy.
Camera focuses on the movements of Marion - pans across room as she walks.


In the opening scene, the mise-en-scene establishes the hotel room as the camera pans straight to the bed and a medium shot of Marion lying down.
Marion is wearing a white bra and underskirt, which suggests her innocence because of the colour, however it also suggests that they have been having sex; fan on the wall which signifies heat. A cut away shot is used to show the uneaten lunch, which looks like a take-away,as if they are both having an affair on their lunch break.

The opening makes the audience feel like they want to know the full story of what is happening in this building, the camera shots at the beginning is suggestive that there is a secret meeting between the two characters.






The usual suspects.

directed by Bryan singer
written by Christopher Mcqyarrie

Bryan singer creates mysterious characters by making sure the audience never sees his face, and he is dressed in all black. There are lots of digetic sounds at the beginning e.g birds and sounds of water on the harbour.

He has used lots of low angled shots and mid close ups to keep the camera on the lower part of the villains body. There is lots of reassurance shots where the film opening shot is set.
Bryan singer uses big explosions within the first couple of minuets of the film, which draws the audience in straight away, and gives a unexplained thriller storyline.