The girl with the dragon tattoo opening sequence analysis

The opening sequence of The Girl With The Dragon Tatoo shows us the use of many different generic conventions such as the names of the cast and crew with a dark mysterious background which relates to the title of the film. Only 2 characters are introduced in the title sequence which tells the audience that they are the main characters when we see their faces form from a strange liquid that the whole title sequence is made up of. The title of the film is then shown in bold dark writing relating to the title again and is a chinese/japanese font, which also relates to the title of the film as dragons are known for representing china and japan.

Mis-en-scene: The opening of the title sequence includes flash's of lights, as if its like lightening, with a dark strange looking liquid and objects moving and falling around. There is no lighting its all dark except the dark objects being shown which some we cannot tell what they are. This makes the audience wonder what is to come in the film and links in well with the sub genre of the film which is a mystery, crime thriller.

Camerawork: The camerawork in the opening sequence has both short shot duration and long shot duration suggesting to the audience that there unexpected events to come. The fast movements of the objects and people suggest this is how the characters and events are to happen in the film.

Editing: In the title sequence there is a cutaway after each image in the title sequence showing different images that are not familiar giving the audience the impression that quick, mysterious or unexpected things are to take place in the film.

Sound: There is a non diagetic soundtrack which is fast paced and racy adding tension and suspense to the audience as they are wondering what is going to happen throughout the rest of the film. As the objects and people are moving faster the music is parallel to this making the audience more excited and keeps them interested.

The title sequence shows names of the producers and cast and crew etc, so we can tell that it is the beginning of the film. It also doesnt give away what else is to happen, as its just introducing the film and leaves the audience wondering about the enigmas.