Panic Room Opening Sequence

Cinematography
At the beginning of the clip ‘Panic Room’ we see many shots of the location, which is the city. We see many mid shots and close-ups of this opening sequences location, there are many panning shots of the location. By seeing this location the viewer may think that this is where they live or work. The viewer may think that these characters have an office like work-life and that they are boring characters. There are birds eye view shots in this opening sequence to show the location more. There are also high and low angle shots used in this opening sequence, also showing the location more. Also just by showing this particular location could make the viewer think, will it happen outside in a big area like this.

Mise-en-scene
No people or characters have been shown yet so the viewer will not know who they will be watching, all the viewer will know at this point is where the location may be set and that the characters could lead a life in this sort of environment. Having the same shots of a busy place like this can in a way show the viewer of what the character could be like, the character may be a workaholic or they may lead a laid back lifestyle.

Editing
The buildings are shown a lot in this opening sequence and they have been shown not in an order as it does not matter if they are in order because they still look good. There are only good shots of the buildings from different points and the only thing that has been specially done in this opening sequence are the names of the actors being shown on the buildings.

Sound
The sound for this opening sequence starts off very quietly, this could be showing that this is a sad film. The sound is also non-diagetic at this point and slow paced, also the sound can be classed as quite eerie and creepy because it is so quiet, it feels as if something is going to happen, something bad. When we get to the title ‘Panic Room’ the music starts to speed and it starts to get louder as if to say to the viewer ‘yes something is going to happen’.