Paranoia Opening Sequence

I have been researching thriller films to help me better understand what needs to be included in the thriller opening which my team and I will create. I believe this task has helped to get an insight into what some thriller films consist of and why these things have been included. It has helped me to understand the importance of appropriate sound, titles, timings, costumes, props and many more things, all of which we need to consider when creating our own thriller opening. Paranoia is a very recent film which came out in the UK on the 16th August 2013. It is a thriller film starring Liam Hemsworth, Gary Oldman, Harrison Ford and Amber Heard. The story line is about a new employee starting at a large and powerful corporate company who is a nobody in the world of business. However, he is set the task of spying on his boss's old mentor, to secure him a multi-billion dollar advantage. The opening sequence of Paranoia is quite an interesting one. It does not give much away but still manages to keep the audience gripped from quite early on. Here is the opening sequence and how long each screen is displayed for: Black screen- 2 seconds "Relativity Media'- 16 seconds "Reliance Entertainment- 9 seconds "I'm Global, a Reliance Entertainment Company- 7 seconds "Demarest Films- 7 seconds "Black Screen- 7 seconds Opening shot of a street lamp and camera pans down to show a lit street at night, a voice over starts. The shot lasts for 4 seconds before cutting away to a black screen displaying "Relativity Media presents" This sequence repeats itself but showing a shot of a man running, again it flashes to a black screen with the words "Reliance Entertainment and Demarest Films present" The image then flashes to and from these words and a front view of the man running, as if he were running towards the camera. Again, a black screen appears with just the words "In association with I'm Global and E Stars Distribution". There is a two second shot of the man still running and "An Emjag Productions Gaumont, Film 360 and Deepak Nayar Production" Finally, after a short film introduction narrated by a voice over, the names of the actors starring in the film appear and at 2:20 into the film, the title "Paranoia" flashes onto the screen.

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