Analysis of Panic Room Opening

The scene opens with an establishing shot of the city. With the titles in silver block capitals at the centre of the shot. It then moves into an Arial shot of the cars in the busy city. There is a lot of establishing shots of buildings. The camera then goes into a pan shot again of building in New York City. With the titles at a angle. Each title has its own shot on a building and blends into the background. Next the camera has a high angle shot of the city. Then afterwards there is a contrast with a low angle shot of the building. Right at the end there is a dolly movement of the women walking. In conclusion the camera shot in the opening of panic room is made up mostly of establishing and panning shots, with the titles blending into the background on each building.

The opening sequence uses dark slow music which builds up into a fast place which causes the audience to feel suspense and tension. The song used in the opening non diegutic as it is artificial and has been edited in. Although panic room is a thriller the opening sequence does not portray the usual conventions of a thriller, as there is a women walking through a park on a nice sunny day. The audience will not be able to suspect that there is anything band or interesting about to happen from the opening sequence.

The titles in panic room opening sequence have been edited in a way that they can still be noticeable but also blended into the background. Each title has its own place on a building in New York City. The titles are also silver in block capitals and are placed at different angles in the shot, such as high angles of someone’s name then the next shot will be someone else name on a different building at a low angle shot. This adds a happy go lucky fun feel to the opening sequence.