classic thriller

As the film starts it has a close up of a face. This is used to produce an intense moment as all that can be seen is the bottom of the face with the names over the top. This keeps it simple as its in black and white so all focus is on the names and the face.

intense music is used to build suspense through the start, its slow music with long and deep notes.. then as the action starts the music pace picks up meaning a action packed scene. This builds suspense as you know the characters are in a chase. the music then changes again to fit into a different situation.

the characters are in different colors then what we have come to expect. as in typical films it is the good characters are normally in white and bad guys in black. This is reversed in this film as the start it is the opposite of typical films. This is confusing to the audience as the start has no hints on who the good guy is. This scene creates a sense of the good guy being framed and trying to get away from the police. The start of the next scene starts with the cop on the roof, this shows us that he is the main character, the main character in the next few minutes has at least 70% of the screen time.