Thriller Open Sequence

Thriller

I chose an opening sequence that we did not do in the class because I thought, it would be more interesting to analyse one I didn’t revise with the teachers. The opening sequence I chose was “Wanted”.

It begins with the credits “UNIVERSAL and SPYGLASS ENTERTAINTMENT” and then with a black background there is text being used with sound effects like unlocking doors and starting a car engine exciting the audience and building tension “A thousand years ago, a clan of weavers formed a secret society of assassins. They silently carried out executions to restore order to a world on the brink of chaos. They called them selves the Fraternity.” Most of the sequences I watched either started with a Dialogue from the start or started with no dialogue at all and go straight in to the movie. However Wanted starts with text telling the audience what has been happening for the last thousand years. This makes the audience understand what kind of film it is going to be like. The sequence then goes to the protagonist Wesley Gibson, played by James Macavoy, there is fade out used to go into the scene. Wesley is in an office having a party for his “anorexic” boss Janice. There are props used like the balloons, cups and foods making it a party. There is the over the shoulder shot used to show who Janice is.

We then hear Wesley’s thoughts, of how much they actually hate Janice, and there is a slow motion used to show Wesley. Another over the shoulder shot is being used between Janice and Wesley looking at each other making it awkward for them, because all Wesley is doing is watch Janice eat and nothing else. Then there is the establishing shot used to show the office and see Wesley move to his little office, while hearing his thoughts. When his at his office there is a close up shot on his feet, little tap dancing and when he stops with a Bang, flash back to another scene where his alleged best friend is fucking Wesley’s girlfriend then back to Wesley in his desk looking at Janice laughing, here there is a editing used to blur out Wesley and focus on Janice. Then there is an extreme close up shot on Google searching for his name and finding nothing. There is close up shot on Wesley’s face having a disappointed expression and hearing his thoughts talking about how his father left his family with out looking into his sons blue eyes.