London To Brighton Opening Sequence

London to Brighton is a crime thriller which has some elements of social realism being present. The opening sequence plays a key part in the whole context of the film which is what will be discussed here. The opening of this sequence starts off with the production credits, i.e. the company and funding information. For the company the "idents" or logo is Vertigo which has a loud boom at the beginning showing to the audience that they helped produce the film. This helps greatly in the filming that is yet to come, as it gives an idea of what would be able to put in the film. Looking at the actual titles of the film, it is a fairly simple title with an over black title being used, obviously because the white writing is on a black background.

The example, on the left shows a piece of the over black title that was used in the opening sequence. As you can see the title says the time and location (Tableau) of where the scene will be taken place. Here, this tableu sets the setting of where the audience will be taken when watching the scene. This over black title is also used at the end of the opening sequence which includes the Film title "London to Brighton. Throughout all of the title scenes it should be noted that no sound is used throughout. This in a way further adds to the suspense of what is going to happen in the scenes that are to come. The moment the scene starts however, is a loud bang through the door, in an attempt to startle the audience as they possibly didn't expect that to happen.

The actual opening sequence of the film is one of great interest, which can be a very useful technique when actually creating the opening for the thriller. The opening starts off in a non-linear format to automatically let the audience know what is to come and what to expect. The film starts off in a possible event that takes place somewhere near the middle of the film. By doing this for the audience it creates enigmas and suspense for the events that are to come. By the use of enigmas and mystery the question of: who are they running from? And why is the child out at that time obviously stressed by the fact that she could be arrested? All this adds to the suspense, and makes the audience want to continue to watch to find out all of the questions that were brought up. Close ups are also key to the thriller film. We get the feeling that the child is truly terrified when she is in the toilet by herself, the enhanced sound of the women shouts add to this. As a whole all of these ideas that were brought up in just the opening sequence are all helpful to the opening thriller. By using enigmas it creates a sense of mystery which draws the audience in. This is what London to Brighton has successfully done. 

This is the video of the clip of the film London To Brighton Opening Sequence that I have analysed with the details shown above.