A students film opening

I watched this opening created by another AS Media Studies student, because my genre is a thriller/horror like this.

This is by far the best opening I've seen. First they use a few production companies like 20th century FOX which is a major US company that would help the film become more popular, also with there reputation the film would be seen by a greater audience.  Also they have their own indie companies 'Skyline studioes' and 'COART' this is good for their companies to get it out in the world however people may avoid the less well known film production companies.

The best part of the film is the opening few quick shots of documents and writing, because this creates a feel of suspense. Which helps the audience determine the genre of the film. The non-diegetic sounds through the first couple of minutes is very clever how they through out are changing volumes and there are disturbance sound effects which fits well with the pictures being shown. I believe that the sound effects are used again to gain suspense and to build a feel for the genre.

After that there's an ellipse of the man opening a bottle and rummaging through screwed up papers showing he is restless/stressed which helps the audience understand that all is not well right from the beginning. It reinforces this again when it tracks over the mess on his floor which includes his clothes and work.
Through out this scene there is troublesome non-diegetic music which whispers showing that he is disturbed and not feeling his normal self. As the camera tilts right up you see on the self a gas mask showing that either something is wrong with the world at his present day or that he is in fact unusual.

The close up of his eye is showing that he isn't concentrating hard because he is blinking quickly and not focused, then he spins the globe and puts his beer down showing his boredom. This tells the audience he is a lazy worker although it could be just that its late. On his bed furthermore there are bottles and clothes again showing his laziness and showing that he must be disturbed by something.

He rubs his eyes showing he is tired and it flashes back seeing a fight break lose, this suggests that the reason he is tired could be because of the recent events.

Then you see him living a normal day going to work on the tube which a paper. This is the equilibrium because he is living a every day life in London. However he is smoking in the last few shots which could either be that he is stressed or that he simply just smokes. I however think the idea is because of him being stressed. This tells the audience that something (maybe the fight shown earlier) is troubling him. The last clip is of him standing alone in a long shot, this suggests that no one can help him.

I like this clip mainly for the first few minutes because i think the sound effects are synchronised well with the quick shots and they together build a suspense and a feeling that something has gone wrong in the world that needs to be fixed.

Ive learned that sound effects can make the film opening look more 'blockbuster' when used well and that also it is effective to help the audience understand the genre/theme.