AA: Film Openings Research

• The idea of a Crime Thriller arose and i like the idea of the genre.         

                                                           Zodiac (Fincher, 2007) 

• The clip has a creepy feel too it with the use of the non diegetic sound of the song Hurdy Gurdy Man by Donovan. 
• Secondly the pen draws upon the newspaper in red creating a ghostly effect due to the lack of both the pen and the hand which would wield it. 
• The constant POV of the newspaper positions the audience with the wielder of the pen. The continuity of the shot also allows for the audience to see it in almost real time. But the stop and start nature of the camera movements again creates a frantic creepy feel. All this instantly connotes the genre of a detective lead crime thriller, of which this movie is. 

All these points are made clear in this trailer. 

                                                        

                 
                                                            Goodfellas (Scorsese, 1990)

• The clip uses low key lighting which gives the dark and gritty effect and highlights the dark and brutal scene laid before the audience.
• The close up of the character emotions is very effective in showing the almost emotionless attitude of the characters. Also it blocks out most of the scene creating the mysterious closed off nature of the activities.
• Finally the non diegetic narration at the very end creates the very character lead genre that we were thinking of, and does it well. 

Panic Room (Fincher, 2002)

• Another great opening from Fincher. His dark and gritty style is very effective and the titles as always are clever.The titles being rotoscoped onto the buildings is very atmospheric and they loom over the city below. The large overcasting shadows put the city in a lower key light than would be perceived to the human eye, this again connotes the darkness of the genre.
• The dark slow non diegetic music connotes the dark nature of what is to come. 
• The long pans of the city set the scene for the audience to give a sense of immersion to the film