RESEARCH: The Opening of The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo (David Fincher, 2011)

Production Log 9 (14th Jan.2014)

This film opens with an extreme close up of a man unwrapping a parcel, creating suspense and tension as the audience does not know what is in the parcel. 

This gave me the idea of having an extreme close up shot of the drugs in our opening, as the audience will be curious whether those are harmful, which creates suspense and tension.

There are also connotations of technology in it: one of the scenes contains a small section of keyboard in it, showing the audience the film has something to do with computers and technology. Within a few seconds there is another scene where there are lots of USB wires, reinforcing this idea.

In another scene you can see a person being chained up, showing the audience that it is a violent film.
A person is covered in black liquid. Black symbolises evil, and if you look closely to the person's face you could see signs of suffering. There is suspense as the audience will wonder what is going on with the person. 

RESEARCH: Art of the Title - The Day After Tomorrow

Production Log 8 (7th Jan.2013)

(The Day After Tomorrow, Roland Emmerich, 2004) 

This film opens with a very long tracking shot over the frozen waste of Antarctica. It gives the

audience a feeling that they are travelling in a plane. The camera moves very slowly, it’s probably

CGI but maybe real which makes us feel that we are a part of the picture. All the colours are dark

blue and white which creates drama. The music also creates drama and is adventurous. You pass

over frozen ice bergs as the fonts appear. The shift between the opening tracking shot and the live

action is when the flag appears.