Analysis of the opening sequence of 'Sins'

This is the opening sequence of ‘Sins’ this piece of footage is extremely similar to ‘Se7en’ they both give out similar affects to the audience. Cringe and afraid feeling, when the audience watch this they would feel anxious because of the hints of violence, blood and glory being shown through objects such as the razor blade, needle and the way the unknown of the character is being expressed, its mostly close-ups of what he, she is doing.
Sound

At the beginning of the opening sequence the sound starts to play immediately it is non–diegetic music, the type of music I would say it is like rock, it’s not very clear it has the scratchy sound to it, which makes it seem old. When the title appears on the screen, drums start to play which gives out a fast and adrenaline affect. Middle of the opening sequence an unclear voiceover starts to play, it contains explicit language, ‘fuck’ and so on. This straightaway informs the audience that this movie could certainly have violence scenes. The explicit language expresses anger and rage and shows the feelings of the character.

Mise-en-scene

The mise-en-scene of the opening sequence is very doll; the colours are mainly black and white which represents unknown and danger. There are many shots of darkness and silhouette type, which condones to the audience that the character is mysterious. The cinematography is used very well; it is mainly close-ups and extreme close-ups. It is like this so the great detail can be shown for example the razor blade, as a viewer I can see the sharpness of the small object. There is also a lot of black outs, with the credits appearing, this emphasises the violence almost gives the feeling of death, because in the opening sequence there is the character getting something prepared. Then suddenly there is a repeated shot of the black screen which may try hinting that someone is going to die and it could be more than one person. There is many close ups of photographs, and objects which clearly tells the audience that they are very important belongings to the character who is unknown.

Editing
The editing within the opening sequence looks a little old fashioned. This is because the frame is not clear it has some blurred shots which may represent destruct and someone’s life being taken away. The use of shot-reverse shot has been applied and many quick camera shots of the hand at the beginning of the sequence, this expresses stress and strain of a character. The editing of the title ‘Sins’ flashes very quickly and comes out at the audience. There is many transitions such as dissolve, wipe, jump cut, slow motion which helps to make the continuity more affective at some points.