The very start of the title sequence shows us an open book, the book doesn't look purely white, it has a shade of brown to it so it could be stained, the music also is extremely creepy as it sounds like someone is banging or creaking. It gives us a sense to start using our imagination straight away into thinking what could it be? Also the title of 'new line cinema' is out of focus, and tries to trick us into thinking maybe we are not seeing right. We know straight away what the film is going to be like because New Line Cinema only produce a certain type of film. 
Here we see a picture of some hands, they don't look like normal hands, they look like abnormal hands, that are quite disgusting, the way that the veins pop out and the fingers are out of proportion. Also the way that they are in a kind of choking motion makes us feel quite uneasy. Here we see a sort of shadow going over the picture, and I heard a creaking noise, which would make it sound very mysterious, we don't know what that creaking noise is. At the side is the director David Fincher, he has directed some music videos, which are fast paced, and this is how the opening sequence is portraying to us right now. His name looks like it has been written by a child, which could also signify immaturity to us. Also the writing is quite anamalistic, which is not calm.
Here we see a close up of a razor blade, which is a sharp object, we don't know what they are going to use it for, it could be for cutting someones throat, or just shaving someones beard. We are not shown what happens with it.This shows us the person picking at their fingers, which look like male fingers. They are also bandaged, so we do not know what they have been doing.
It was really hard to get this shot, as we only get a second look at it. It looks like a possible victim who has been punished, and they are developing the photographs of this person. The photo isn't a pleasant one which makes me feel quite uneasy. It makes us wonder into thinking who could this person be and what did they do to deserve the punishment? Are they dead?
The title of the film is written, and then shown a few times, up close, small, out of focus, and then the words D35 look to be scratched onto the film. This is done to make us like we are not thinking straight, we are not seeing things in focus. The double exposure of the pen writing in the book, also makes us think as if we are not seeing things for what they really are.
After the colours black, white, and brown are shown the colour red then pops up. Red can signify a lot of things such as love, danger, and death. I would say in this case it is defiantly death, but if we look closely, it is trying to trick us into thinking that it is blood, but it more or less looks like they are developing a photo, it is up for our imagination to decide.
This picture looks as if the victim has been forced to have it, or they are dead. When this was playing, the persons fingers are running across the edge of the paper, but with sound, it sounds like they are scraping fingers down a blackboard, so this could signify it to be something more important than it actually is.
On this shot, the first word that we can see is pregnant. So this triggers off our mind into thinking why is this person reading about being pregnant? Are they pregnant? Do they have something against it because they are crossing out a number of words, crossing them out in permanent black, is signifying that they are trying to get rid of these words out of their mind.
This shot shows a little boys face being crossed out, first it was his eyes, and then the whole face. This shows the loss of identity, this person could be dead, it is up for us to decide. The music starts to get quicker, and the images seem to get more horrific. The person crossing out this little boy must have not really liked him, and have some sort of hatred towards him.
This horrific picture shows something in the back of a boys head. Could they have killed him, or did he fall onto something, this also makes us use our imaginations. As the music is getting faster, more grusome images are shown to play with our mind.
This shot shows him cleaning a needle, but we do not know what he is using it for. This could be the reason of his bandaged fingers, we do not know. This sets our mind into wondering what he is using it for.
This picture is quite horrific, as it shows a little boy in his underwear with his eyes crossed out, he looses his identity straight away. But then we see him using some tweezers with what looks like hair that he is putting into a plastic wallet. This makes us think is it the boys hair? Which also make us think have they killed this little boy?
This shot shows us him cutting out 'God' in a dollar. This shows that the film could be religion related. Whilst he is doing this the words 'you get me closer to God' are said.
The whole title sequence is very disturbing because there is creepy music which is very distressing, and also the way that the whole of it is very tense and sets of an atmosphere straight away. It builds up suspense, as the images we see get worse, which triggers our mind into thinking what has happened.
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