Effect of music:Movie opening one
From the start, sound is used by the director to create tension. The scene begins with mostly diegetic sound, such as dialogue and even the sounds of the cards as they flick past each other, this adds to the realistic nature of the film and straight away causes the audience to believe every second. The sound of the cards as they touch each other is usually loud for such a small movement. This causes the audience to realize the importance of this simple act and straight away feel connected with the film. Non-diegetic sound is used by the director in the form of music. This is used continuously throughout therefore adding to the mystery of the film. This music also increases in both speed and volume and specific parts in the play, causing the audience to feel a rush of excitement and begin to wonder what might come next.
Effect of typography
Typography is also often used at the beginning of all short opening scenes to create emotion or even give a clearer understanding of the film. However unusually the director of now you see me does not use much typography at all, possibly suggesting it may be used later on. This is done so that the audience is focused completely with what is happening during the opening scene rather than being distracted. The only small amount of typography used within the opening scene of now you see me, is in the bottom left of the screen stating Chicago, allowing the audience to understand where the scene is set. This piece of text does not move and is fairly small in the bottom left hand side of the screen. The font is small however slightly bold causing it to stand out suggesting to the audience that this very small piece of information may be significant throughout the rest of the film, however possibly later on rather than at that specific point in the scene.
Movie opening two
Effect of sound:
Throughout the opening scene of Se7en by David Fincher sound is used in order to create tension and certain emotions from the start. Continually throughout the scene non diegetic sounds in the form of music are used to create suspense. The music used has a strong beat that is quite forceful or even powerful, this causes the audience to experience a sense of panic, as it is hinted that something bad is yet to come. Both the volume and amount of sound within the scene slowly increases as the scene progresses, as a result to more effects slowly being added. This creates also a sense of alarm as the music suggests that it is building up to something, hinting something negative to soon take place. The opening scene also contains many harsh sounds such as squeaking and the sound of metal touching. This results in the audience feeling slightly uncomfortable as they are unaware of what is to happen next, and also slightly uneasy whilst watching.
Effect of typography:
Typography is also used within se7en to create a similar effect on the audience. Continually throughout the short opening scene the text is extremely jumpy and doesn't really stay settle for longer than a few seconds on the screen. This also alike the music and sound effects causes the audience to feel slighly uneasy or even uncomfortable as nothing apprers to be settled or even set in place. The text also appears to flash up on screen very suddenly, whilst the writing is white with a black screen, This causes the writing to stand out whilst also adding to the uneasy feel experianced by the audience. All writing is very shaky and constatly moving within the scene, this causes they audience to feel nervous as they begin questioning what will happen next. The font of the text is very uncordinated, and represents possibly even a childs hand writing, straight away sugesting to the audience the very worst for whats to come. Finally the words are continuously moving around making it hard to read and making us feel uncomfortable. All of this causes suspense and tension within the audience as we create theories in our head as well as becuase it is very difficult to watch.
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