Camera Shot/Angle/Movement
There are not loads of different camera shots angles or movements. First we see a long shot which is also the establishing shot, this is of New York and the building; this shows us where it is set. The camera then zooms in closer to the building. It then starts to pan across New York and shows lots of different building. There is then a few mid-shots of different parts, they quickly change to show another mid-shot. Finally we then see medium long shot of two characters.
Sound
There is non-digetic sound used in this opening, it is the same piece of music throughout the opening but at different parts it changes speed, it sometimes will get faster and creates more tension and then it gets slower again. This makes the audience a bit agitated as they do not know what to expect. Also behind the whole of this music there is a ticking noise like a clock, which is constantly happening, and does not change when parts of music gets faster. This sounds like a heart beat which is going at a fast pace.
Editing
There is not much editing right at the beginning and it is one continuous shot of New York. We then see some mid-shots of different parts of New York, this gets the audience thinking as we do not know why we are looking at these particular building and could these be part of the film.
Mise en Scene
The lighting within this scene is just natural day light, this then does not really create any feeling for the audience. We see lots of building and there is a lot of trees. Looking at the clouds they are quite dark, like it may rain anytime, and the sky is very grey itself. On some of the buildings we see billboards and advertisement. As we do not know much about the film we cannot really make an assumption of what they may be for.
Characters
At the end see two character, which we can assume are key characters. One of them seems to be more in charge then the other as she is walking out in front and is quite broad and seems quite strong minded. Whereas the other girl seems to be maybe her worker or someone lower down than her, as she is following and it behind her and enclosed; we do not really see that much of her, and seems to go with what she says.
Locations
We establish that this is a busy city, I would guess that it is New York; there are a lot of building which are very tall.
Narrative/Plot
There is only speech at the end of this opening. It is a conversation between to ladies. We can gather that they are talking about an apartment, which one of them must be buying. This may relate to the title of the film ‘panic room’ will this be one of the rooms in the house. This starts to make the audience think, of what might happen.
Themes
The themes for panic room we would guess are crime, murder and death. We cannot guess this from the opening of the film. But because we know it is a thriller we can guess on what normal happens in thriller films.
Visual Style
The visual style varies as at first it is a slow speed which establishes where we are and then when the music gets faster it then starts to speed up. The visual style in this opening changes throughout and tends to change with the music.
Genre
Panic Room is a thriller film which contains some of the stereotypical ways of all thriller conventions. Although I do not think there is a lot of blood and murder; it is a fast moving film which creates a lot of tension and has every ones hearts beating fast.
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