Sound
During the opening sequence the music is very slow paced using, predictably, a violin to create a calm however tragic atmosphere whilst the shots are showing a fading picture of a dead man lying on the floor with blood on the walls. As the title of the film is shown, the music is at its strongest point or tone, which could maybe be a hint to the audience to make note of the title to help with the explanation of the forthcoming film. The music remains the same tempo throughout showing the picture fading, to allow the audience to focus upon what's happening in the shot instead of the changing music, however as the character appears in the screen a lingering sound enters creating a sense of danger and a build up to aggression. Furthermore as the film rewinds and comes to a conclusion about the dead body the music increases tempo and loudness and the audience are given a sound effect of the bullet rolling on the floor, the glasses picking up off the floor, the gun replaced in his hand, the bullet replaced in the gun and last of all, the gun shot. These could be diegetic sounds from the natural sounds the object makes however to make the scene more effective Non diegetic sounds may have been included.
Mise- en scene
There is one shot of the complete introduction showing the picture fading however we're not shown the setting around the photo but the content of the picture does give the audience a view of an inside room with tiles up the wall so maybe it's a bathroom. The dead man lying on the floor diagonally on the right third drifting into the middle, is wearing a blue shirt so emphasises a hint that maybe he was a business man. His head covered in blood is in the centre of the shot causing the audience to focus on this which could reflect how he died as his head is damaged by a gun shot. The colour choice used is very vibrant of red blue and white. All these colours contrast greatly therefore causing all the aspects of the image to stand out and create a reason for themselves.
Cinematography
The first shot is a high angle close up of the printed photo. The photo is slightly tilted in the picture therefore maybe causing the shot to look like a dutch angle. This shot uses shallow focus using the photo in the plane of focus and the background out. As the character is introduced there is a close up of his hand holding the photo and returning it back into the camera. This helps to explain the reason for why the picture was fading, as its a reverse of development after the picture was taken.
Editing
The title fades into appearance followed by the first clip of the photo fading into the screen. The title then fades away and the titles begin to appear after this again shown through fading in and fading out. The shots are quite slow paced and long as the first shot lasts for over 1 minute. An eye line match has been used to let the audience view what or who he has shot. There's a shot of him looking down at the ground in front of him then the next is of the bullet, glasses and the victims head. Mainly in this opening sequence reversing of the footage has been used and maybe some animation to control the bullet and glasses. I think this is a very effective editing technique which intrigues the audience as they are unknown or it's not too obvious that the technique is being used until the character is presented and his actions are reversed or backwards.
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