Group 1’s thriller opening entices the viewer right from the beginning; the establishing shot sets the scene allowing the viewer to understand what may be included within the sequence and should attract the viewer’s attention. The shot of Manan entering the scene could signify distress and agony, straight away there is a cross cut of the person captured and held hostage. The storyline is clearly shown and the viewer can easily understand that the person is in distress and something may happen that we are not aware of yet.
The titles to begin with run through the opening sequence, whilst the man is held hostage and then cross cutting back to the man being followed, the titles are inserted within the opening sequence and this works well because as we get a sense of the mise-en-scene we also have the titles embedded within the opening, this helps not to lose the flow of the sequence and keeps it consistent.
The soundtrack correlates with the opening sequence as it includes an eyrie, sordid feel. The soundtrack hints the essence of a thriller sound and was made by the group which also makes it unique and best suited for the opening sequence.
On the other hand there are aspects where certain items may be developed, some camera shots were hard to keep up with such as the shot where it is a POV shot, but it is much too blurry and to fast making the viewer feel uncomfortable. Another feature that they could improve would be the length of the titles, as I feel they are to short and as soon I begin to read the names the title changes.
Overall the opening sequence is well constructed and portrays a clear, straight forward storyline but there are certain aspects which could be improved such as some camera shots and the speed of which the titles are shown at the beginning of the opening sequence.
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