Pulse
The sequence begins with a large amount of graphics and cuts which is used to set the scene. There are a variety of cuts which include: a snap shot of someone typing on a computer, clouds going past to show time increase. These cuts are used to show the viewer a foreshadowing image of what may happen later in the film, they also allow the audience to see what the film is about, which in this case is technology. The opening then follows on with a man walking, there are POV shots of the main character looking at people on computers, iPods and phones.
The location that the character is in seems bright, which doesn’t seem conventional for thrillers. The man then enters the university library, in the far background a car is visible. Looking closer, the car mirror seems to have a dark blurry figure, once again this foreshadows later events. The lighting within the location seems to have changed, the university is darker than the outside, meeting the convention of a thriller. The man is now on his own, the character matches the damsel in distress. As he enters the university library the man see flashbacks of the same dark figure he earlier saw in the car mirror. His dark surrounding causes tension in relation with music. The music in the background and the sound produced whilst the titles appear indicate that the film seems to be a psychological thriller, during later parts of the sequence the music keeps the audience gripped but a the same time cautious. The man later gets caught by a scary dark looking character, which leads to him screaming, from this moment the film begins.
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