Research: Blog Post 8 Title Sequence Analysis : Donnie Darko

The tone created in the sequence starts off quite spiritual and eerie but is also serious and intense. The overall atmosphere created is tense, which is to build up tension for a dramatic narrative timeline. The music starts off quite peaceful as there are birds chirping and it is just instrumental with some humming over the top, then the music changes into a rock/indie song as the camera follows the boy on his bike. The sound effects used add to the tone and atmosphere of the opening, there is the sound of heavy wind and thunder which could connote danger. there is also he sound of a cricket or some sort of insect alongside the sounds of birds chirping, which draws the viewers attention in and also signifies that the location is in the woods.

The opening shot is a panning shot of an early morning sunrise through some trees. This pans to the left revealing a road with a boy lying in the middle of it, this creates confusion and concern within the viewer as you want to know why the boy was there in the first place and is unmoved/unharmed. There are many different shots used, one of which is an over the shoulder shot of the main character looking out to the sunrise and then turns around and quietly giggles. After the title comes onto the screen the camera follows the boy through a neighbourhood, which introduces where the film is set.



Some of the mise-en-scene in the opening includes a bike which at the start is on the side of the road, cars, a trampoline, a book, a leaf-blower.
The text used is in a white colour and the font used looks some-what mythical, this helps introduce the supernatural genre.

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