Analysis of opening titles for "Panic Room"

Opening Sequence Analysis - Panic Room

Camera Shot/Angle/Movement

It uses a lot of extreme long shots and wide shots to emphasise the settings and the surroundings of the area. Furthermore the movement is very slow panning around the buildings showing that it is smooth. Some of the angles are you looking up at the buildings to show how tall they are and to emphasise the words that are on the buildings. The words are made to look 3D so it looks like they are coming out the skyscrapers. It also uses a lot of high and low angles to show how big the buildings are and to get a bigger view of what is around them. 

Sound

The sound through out the opening sequence is quite sinister at the start of the song it has long notes to create suspense but nothing is happening yet. When it starts to get into the middle of the song it speeds up and we feel tension from it. 

Editing

The editing cuts to another skyscraper slowly showing that it is calm but tense because you don’t know what is going to happen yet. The editing shows a lot of the surroundings and area that this movie is going to take place. Near the end it shows a smaller building this could be the main characters house. One of the last shots that they end up with is an establishing shot of a park and buildings in the background then jumps to what we think is the main characters in the movie. It does this establishing shot to show where these characters are. 

Mise en Scene

The mise en scene is mainly the buildings but when we get half way in we see cars and big posters plus a view of Time square. There isn’t much Mise en Scene in the opening credits.

Characters

We only get to see two characters at the end of the opening sequence and they are talking about a new house that they just bought. As the audience we don’t see much of the characters but we do see two women, furthermore we can tell they are the main because they are the first two characters we see and to speak.

Locations

This is set in New york we can tell this because we see time square and central park in the opening sequence. It shows us that   isn’t going to be in the suburbs and that it is going to be in the city.

Narrative/Plot

The plot is not told yet because we are only shown buildings but the plot might have something to do with buildings. This links because are focus is on the skyscrapers. 

Themes

The themes are suffer, thriller, mystery, murder and crime.

Visual Style

The style is typography is different because they pop out the screen like 3D but they are not. It is one of the first films to have this typography and was rare. 

Genre

The genre of the film is Thriller, the audience is plot it is not clear so it creates tension and suspense for the audience.