Disturbia

Narrative:
The structure of the opening sequence to Disturbia is linear, so all the events happen in order. In the begining the audience are shown two males fishing, their body language and language suggest that they have a good relationship.
In the middle,

Codes & Conventions:
Concealment is included in this opening sequence, as a blank screen, this adds tension. Partial vision is also used, as the drivers view is what we see.
A peaceful and calm river is shown in the begining, however this turns into a dangerous place, this is known as Transformed City.


Camerawork:
An establishing shot of the rivers and mountains, this gives the audience an ideal of their environment. Shot-reverse-shot is used in the opening sequence, a close up of the father's face, then a upside down shot of the son's face, this shows the relationship between them. A mid close-up of them fishing as father talks him through what to do again demonstrates close bond. As the truck is approaching the car a point of view shot of the son is used to increase the involvement of the audience and makes them feel as they are part of the incident.
During the car crash there are shots which are portray an unclear image, this emphasises how fast the event happened and how disentoriated their thought patterns were.



Mise-en-scene:
In the opening scene, the character's language and body language shows a good father and son relationship, this suggests that they are very close to each other.

Sound:
Diegetic sound is used as of the dialogue at the begining. The non diegetic sound in the opening sequence is the calm soothing music, this supports the happy relationship between the two. The music changes during the sequence, it builds in tension as he gets out of the car and then suddenly stops as there is a close up of his face of shocked emotion. The music builds up the tension to keep the audiences attention, it changes again to emphasise the sadness of the death of his father as it slows down.

Editing:
The editing is fairly slow, this emphasises a calm atmosphere. However, when the car crashes the timing of theshots become much more frequent and sharp in order to build tension.

Graphics:
During the opening sequence, a black screen is shown with voices, this adds to the suspense as it takes away knowledge of who is speaking and what they are doing. At the end of the sequence there is a black backdrop with the title of the film, 'Disturbia'. The word comes towards us from the back and ghost-like letters expand outwards as the letters get further out, it then turns into a bright white screen before fading into the actions. The white capitals on the background, is simple and easy to read.