Panic Room Trailer and Opening

Trailer:



This trailer begins slowly with shots that dissolve into each other, however it then begins to speed up, using flashing shots that increases the pace tension. The camera zooms in and out of many things causing the trailer to become thrilling and exciting. There are many panning camera shots in this trailer, these show the action and set the scene of the film.
The music begins as being calming and soothing, there is a soft melody playing quietly in the background. This however increases pace and becomes louder and more violent. This gives the trailer a thrilling, tense atmosphere causing the audience to be on the edge of their seats wanting to know what happens to the people that own the house. The lighting in the trailer is very dark and eerie, making the audience question themselves on what is in the house.

Opening sequence:












In this opening title scene the background shown is the city, they use long and mid shots to show the buildings that are in the area of where the film is set. The camera also pans across some of the buildings to reveal the names of the actors and actresses. There are many high angle shots suggesting the people of the city have control and power over what happens in them.
The buildings are shown to have light over them, parts of them are lit up, connoting the content or structure of the buildings have a positive effect on the people in or around them.
Although the music in the opening sequence begins quietly and softly it is also quite cold and harsh however when the title 'PANIC ROOM' is shown in the shot the music increases pace and becomes louder. As you can see in the sixth screen shot of the contact sheet when the film title is shown the lighting becomes darker and it also a shot from straight on where as the rest are taken from high/low angles also from a side on view.