analyzing film openings

 So I've been researching about the genre I wanted to do for this project and finally decided for psychological thriller! For this blog I will be analyzing 3 different film openings but they have the same genre thriller. I found really good film openings on YouTube, they gave me a lot of inspiration for my project.

The first one I found was 

Se7en (1995) 

I did some research about "Se7en" the movie, it is a thriller about two detectives who are trying to catch a serial killer. This killer chooses his victims based on deadly sins. As they investigate, they find themselves drawn deeper into the killer's disturbing plan. The opening was in a dark and suspenseful setting and many close ups of tools like needles, a journal, all of this to keeping viewers hooked on what they're watching, trying to understand the message given.

The girl with the dragon tattoo (2011) by David Finche

The film opens with a surreal, nightmare vibes title sequence, I see a substance, liquid-like figures morph and intertwine, symbols of technology, violence, and entrapment. I see like a kind of robot that also looked like a human that was trapped in the substance and looked like she was drowning at the end, creating a feeling of anxiety because we see the figure can't get out of whatever she was trapped on.

analysis:

Gone Girl (2014)  by David Fincher

The film opens with a guy narrating his thoughts about his wife, as we see intimate close-ups of her showing her characteristics such as her golden hair and face. His monologue, which sounds normal at first, turns ominous as he mentions wanting to "crack her skull open and unspool her brains." which make a feeling of unease, and subtle tension, using narration.

 

General thoughts:

Each film effectively establishes psychological tension and each in their own particular way, and I would like to do something similar, using one thing from every opening I just watched to make a varied opening with many visuals and with a high energy approach that will represent the theme, I would focus on the dark colors and theme in general because it creates mystery and tension.