Analyzing Opening Credits.

Law Abiding Citizen Opening Sequence

At the start f the opening credits, both of the companies use suitable music to make their logo’s stand out.

In the opening scene it starts out with a father and his daughter both making things this suggests a strong bond between the two.

The music used in the opening scene portrays a normal family home, with the Asynchronous sound of the radio used. Also the knocking on the door reinforces

the normal family atmosphere.

The atmosphere of the film changes extremely quickly as the man in the scene is being attacked by two thugs that have burst into his house with a baseball bat. The ambient music that was used before changes to a very dramatic style of incidental music to build suspense and drama.

An effective jump cut is used effectively and the echoing voice of the woman’s shout suggests the loss of hope for the viewer. And the diegetic sound of glass smashing as she is thrown into the cabinet is used to tell the audience she isn’t getting up to save anybody.

In this scene, the voices and screams of the woman are echoed to show the audience that hope of surviving is slipping away. Also the music used in this scene is used on a low-pitched instrument. This suggests that death is approaching.

The fades to black transitions are used to effectively to give the audience an idea of the characters blacking out. Also the music for low pitch is turned to high pitched as the pace of the movie quickens and it builds suspense. The shouting of the criminals and the sobbing of the victims add to the suspense. The sequence ends well as the high-pitched music cuts into silence and the screen cuts to black as the man finally passes out.

The Social Network opening sequence.

In the first scene, the music is played on a piano slowly, with a mi between high notes and low notes, this could mean because he just broke up with his girlfriend. Also the texts of the credits are used in a simple text font to illustrate the computer-based film.

The long establishing shots are used to follow Mark as he runs home in an angry, depressed state. Also the title of the film is shown over the scene used in the ‘Facebook’ format to instantly illustrate what social network the movie is about. It also takes the time of this scene to introduce the actors/actresses, directors, producers etc.

The amount of people the same age as Mark suggests he lives in the school with his friends. All of the wide shots seem to be used to introduce the setting and feel of the film, shows the tall old buildings, suggesting that the school is also old and well known.

There are a few shots were the character just runs away from the

character, not showing his face, suggests more anger and depression. Although it’s also a simple scene were someone is running home with nothing much going on, not meaning much at all. But again the music is still getting lower and lower in pitch reinforcing the feelings that character is feeling. Ore establishing shots are used to get the full effect of the scene/setting.

A wide shot is used to fit a person playing or practicing his violin, this shows more about the school and the talent of the people in it as he plays the violin pretty well, also the violin works with the music to add more sadness and depression to the feel of it. Also the voices of the groups of people in the background reinforce the school setting.

The scene is quite long of him running home, this is probably because of the length of the journey. He runs home maybe to do something to take his mind of the night, or maybe do some work. In this final scene he is still running home until he arrives at the door to the building. This suggests he might have been in a rush to do something or his anger that is not shown on his face but kind of expressed in the running home was enough to put him ‘in a rush’.