Double Indemnity

Double Indemnity is all in black and white rather than all in colour like all of the other thriller opening sequences we have watched in the past. At the beginning the car is going very fast and not stopping which portrays a sense of danger and crime. The opening uses music that slowly builds up to create a sense of tension and tries to build up the storyline more, which is a typical convention of what thriller opening sequences tend to do. An establishing shot is used to try and set the scene and shows the street and the station; this also gives off an eerie, strange sense to it. Also, like typical thriller's close-up's are used throughout the whole opening to fit the stereotypical thriller genre. These close-up's don't give away too much of what is going on, causing the audience to ask questions as to where this story is going. A lot more questions are asked towards the different characters by using silhouette's of the man etc. Furthermore, the questions evolve around this main man character in who he is by seeing a glimpse of their face, giving a small clue to the audience about who he is.