Panic Room is a thriller starring Jodie Foster, Kristen Stewart and Forest Whitaker. The Panic Room is a crime drama thriller with lots of mysterious things taking place throughout the film.
In the opening sequence of this film we see the title credits start to appear. The opening sequence starts off with a full wide shot of New York City which is where the titles then start to appear. The first title appears to be sitting on top of the buildings. The whole title credits are suppose to look 3D and each of them are placed in specific places like on the side of buildings or on top of buildings. The first title to appear is the 'Columbia Pictures'.
For around a minute and 20 seconds the titles keep appearing, some are just places on the screen where as others are placed in a way to look good. The way that all the titles are placed, it looks like they are placed very claustrophobic which could be linked to the title of the film as it is about a panic room which also suggest claustrophobia.
Once the title credits have ended, the dialogue then starts. When the dialogue starts we can hear voices but we can't see anyone because the camera is focused above and slowly makes its way down to the characters.
The scene then appears as a crowded street with lots of people. Once the camera moves down, the two characters that spoke begin to appear. The camera stops once we have a full mid shot camera view of the characters.
The camera work that takes place in this opening sequence varies. The main camera angle was the pan down which was when the camera made its way down from the above view to the two characters in the crowded street. There were also plenty on mid and wide shots during the opening sequence from the mid shot of the two characters to the wide shot of the opening credits. Altogether, throughout the opening sequence, there isn't much camera movement, it is all pretty steady.
The sound in this opening sequence stays the same with no changes throughout. The sound starts off from the very first title credit with a dramatic deep sound. The sound carries on throughout the opening sequence and starts to fade out as the dialogue starts so the audience can hear what the dialogue is.
The editing that takes in this opening sequence is when the credits appear. There is edits for how the credits appear and how they move on to the next title. There isn't much editing in this opening sequence as we don't really get to see much.
The mise-en-scene for this opening sequence consists of the setting, lighting and clothing. The setting is clear that it is in a city, specifically New York City and Los Angeles. The lighting is dark and gloomy to match the film title as it is a dark and gloomy film. We don't see much clothing in this opening sequence but of the bits we do see, we can see that they look like business people and match their surroundings of where they are.
This opening sequence is quite a boring and dull opening, however, I like the way the title credits appear as they look 3D and they look good where they are each placed. This is something I could look at in more detail to see how it works so I have an idea of how my credits should appear when I do my thriller.
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