- a Legendary Pictures film
- Syncopy
Low brass instrumental when opening sequence begins. Dark, dull lighting with Legendary Pictures dropping into the picture, this all contributes to creating a tense atmosphere. The feeling that something quick paced and action packed is coming. No texts are introducing any of the cast before the film.
After the initial production titles an establishing shot pans from right to left, shooting the tides of a beach. The classical brass instruments that are playing in the opening sequence stop as it cuts to the beach. Ambient sound plays, noises of the waves clashing together are heard. This is a very calming and peaceful shot. This quick contrast of sound used and use of a quick cut indicates how easily a mood can be changed in a thriller, used often.
We then see Leonardo Di Caprio washed up on the beach. Slow tempo, single notes are hit on a piano. As he looks up, the camera is purely focused in on a close up of his face, portraying his emotion. It is obvious to the audience that his thoughts are troubled as he is struggling to remember or come to terms to where he is.
Disorientated music accompanies his emotion as he looks up and sees two children playing on the beach. This simple shot is peaceful to look at, a jump into any action packed scenes hasn't happened, it's a slow build up creating suspense. However it is still uncertain to where he actually is and why he is there. This mysterious and sudden cliff hanger makes the audience think from the very beginning to use their own imagination to why this is happening.
He is captured off the beach and taken into a strange and unseen room. The setting of the room is bright and warming. The design of the room is to an Asian traditional style, Asain men are also speaking amongst themselves with subtitles shown to the audience. Leonardo's character sits down in his clothes in which he was founded in on the beach and within a short cut, he is sat in formal clothing like the rest of the men. Questions are now being asked by the audience as to how this has been achieved and why
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