Mulholland Drive - Opening Sequence.

This is a thriller written and directed by David Lynch, about a young actress that travels to Hollywood and gets involved with a murder conspiracy and ends up with amnesia after a car crash. I watched and analysed the first 3 minutes of this movie.

Camera:
- There is a high-angle tracking shot of a car while it is going up an empty road at quite a slow pace at nightime.
- There is an overhead shot of a lit up city, from wich you can tell that the movie is set in America; sets the scene.
- There is an effective static medium close up of the women's face while she is staring in shock at the cars coming towards her, as the cars get closer the shot is encased by more and more light till we cannot see the women's face anymore.

Sound:
- There is a slow, minor key, strings soundtrack throughout, which builds up the gloomy mood.
- There is American Dialogue from all characters that speak in the opening, which sets that they are in America.

Mise-en-scene:
- The man in the front seat pulls out a gun and points it at the woman; this creates narrative enigma, as at that point the audience would wonder why that is happening.

Editing:
- looks like it is in black and white because of the dull lighting and night-time setting at the start, but with the red headlights of the car; red symbolises danger, and this tied in with the dark, dullness of black and white creates an ominous tone.
- Opening credits are white flash then trails upwards off of the screen which creates an effect of an estranged mood.