For this part of my homework, i will be analysing the opening sequences of both 'Seven' and 'Arlington Road'.
Seven: This is the opening of the film 'Seven'
Immediately we are introduced to a very weird non-diagetic sound of something such as a thunder, the sound is straight away jumped to a high tempo which would portray to the audience that this movie would have very climaxed scenes and there would be very few quiet scenes. We then are introduced to the opening sequences on just a plain black background which is unstable and very 'shakey', there is also a variety of mise-en-scenes introduced such as the book, the medal screw, razor and many more mysterious items, which mostly all relate to crimes, these objects gives us a sense of what the movie would be about and attracts the viewers by making them think of what it could mean, furthermore, someone is introduced however we cannot see their face but only their hands and what they're doing which also just creates more questions.
Arlington Road: This is the opening of the film 'Arlington Road'
At the first glimpse of the opening sequence we are introduced straight away to two of the characters, first of whom is the person who found the boy whilst driving the car and the second is the female doctor, we then hear the man aggressively shout at the female that he doesn't know who this kid was, this aggressive tone would help straight away to gain the audiences attention as they would be confused about the situation. The title sequence is very different than other film openings, we first start off with a short glimpse of the actual film and then move onto the sequences which are also in a superstitious background to represent confusion of the audience and what they are thinking. The sound track of a very creepy person making witch like noises creates the audience to get a little panic or buzz out of it to keep them interested.
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