Opening sequence


Trailer


The opening sequence of the Davinci code is very inviting, as it almost forces the viewer to continue watching. It does this in many ways by using a range of techniques. A lot of close ups are used in the trailer of photo's on the wall. However they are not just random photo's, each photo is shown for a reason. Each of the photo's that is shown on a close up looks very sad and depressed, this is to try and reinforce the mood that the guy running away is in. This draws the viewers in even further as they want to find out why he is running away and in a negative mood. The non diegetic sound of th soundtrack over the titles helps to portray the negative mood to the audience as it is very mellow and scary, which conveys to the audience the sinister opening they are about to see. As the opening sequence begins, the music takes a different scay tone, and becomes really low pitched and deep dark sounds, which portray trouble for the man running. At the end of the opening sequence, the camera takes a close up look at a beheaded man, which seems to seal the old guy's fate as he gets shot. This is a good technique used to foreshadow up and coming events. The high camera angle used when he is running away is a clever shot to use, as it shows how small and insignificant he is. To contrast this, the evil guy has a low angle shot, to show how powerful and controlling he is. A lot of pan shots are used in this opening sequencewhich helps to establish the scene. Although it's not a master shot, these shots still help to identify the setting as we as the audience can easily tell he's in a museum as there is a lot of corridors and paintings on the walls. Another low angle shot of the guy who is about to die is used to portray how low status he has, and that he is in the least commanding position, as he is about to be killed.

In the trailer to the Davinci code it starts off with slow paced montage edited clips which seem pleasant as they have a nice soft soundtrack with a comforting voice over the top, briefly exaplaining the story. However, once the trailer develops a bit more, we find out the it isn't so relaxed. The audience can tell this change in mood as the clips become shorter and faster paced, the camera moves around a lot more and is rearely static, and the music gains pace and takes a more sinister tone. The colours used at the start of the trailer seem happy and bright, but again, as the trailer develops the coulours turn from a bright white, to dull grey's and blacks, which makes the mood of the trailer drop and everything seem more scary and sad. The way that the camera keeps referring back to the photo's draws the audience in, as they want to know why they kept being shown, and the photos being shown are very sad and the way the camera presents them creates even more tension, by having extreme close ups concentrating on distinctive features like eyes, as if they are staring right at the audience.