Analysis of the 'Panic Room' credits

The first camera shot apparent to the audience is an establishing shot of a cityscape, this enables the audience to acknowledge where the film is set and they can guess as to the types of characters, narrative etc that a likely to be included in this movie. The camera moves very steadily and slowly zooming in to the image on the screen to allow the audience to remain focused with the image. Throughout the opening credits there is a selection of frozen images of the building/landscapes etc. that you would expect to find in a city. The camera stays on one image for a few seconds before moving onto different image, this allows the overall feel to be relaxed and very civilised, as there is a lack of energy and liveliness. It is perhaps that this approach makes it appear dominant and powerful is camera is very sustained.

In order to keep the audience engaged and to develop the sequence of the credits, the camera movement develops into a variation of pan and tracking shots, it enabled the audience to see more of the images on the screen. Once the main title has been introduced, the pace of the camera movement picks up and becomes more energetic.

The colours used in the credits are very natural looking, keeping to very basic and harmious colours that adds to the authenticity. Colours such as browns, greys and greens are all very realistic colours that resemble the colours you would expect to see in the city. The font style has a significant role in creating the overall style that are conveyed in the credits. The use of captial letters makes the font appear dominant and authoritative. Having a large and exaggerated font placed amongst the city buildings makes it look powerful and of a high importance, so that the audience pay attention to the text. The font style represents and fits in well with the city scape to make it appear really eye-catching as they are placed within the buildings.

The sound also has an important purpose of creating the strong and serious approach to the credits. The non-diegetic sound begins with a very low beat sound, that is slow paced, this type of sound continues for the first quarter of the credits. At the beginning, when the establishing shot is on screen, there is diegetic sound apparent, where general traffic noise can be heard. However, as the credits persist only the non-diegetic soundtrack can be heard, therefore the audience become more involved with the credits, without the digetic sound overpowering the atmosphere of the credits music. When the text: 'PANIC ROOM' is on the screen the music deepens and the pace as it is really slow, signifying the importance of the text. From here onwards, the music becomes more upbeat, louder and faster in order to change the atmosphere and keep the audience engaged and interested. As the music is more energetic, so is the camera movement as it becomes faster and the jump cuts between images are quicker, which makes it appear bolder and active.