Opening Sequence Analysis - Sin City

Opening Sequence Analysis
Sin city (2005)

Camera Shot/Angle/Movement
There is a long camera angle to show a girl in a red dress on a blacony, it is then cut to show the man walking up to her, and then cuts into speaking to her with a shot/reverse shot, and then a mid double shot, which then cuts into a close up of them kissing, moving back into a mid double shot of them close, which shows the close relationship between the two characters, before the man shoots her, then the camera moves into a high angle shot, with the rain coming down on them, almost like a POV shot of the rain, which then zooms out into an aerial shot of the city.

Sound
There is a composition of trumpets and a big band, which automatically makes us think of the 60s. There is narration from the man, as if he is reading the book in which the film was based.

Editing
It is heavily edited, and the scene is black and white, and only the womans dress is red,
It has an effect that highlights the red dress and makes it bold. It also cuts into a comic strip like cartoon. When the camera zooms out of the high angle shot into a aerial shot of the city, the buildings change into the words, sin city.

Mise en Scene
it is on a balcony with plenty of high rise buildings around,almost like a new york style of buildings. everything is black and white, which allows the audience to follow the two characters in shot. after the man kills the female character, it goes into an aerial shot and we can see that they are in a huge city, which plays a very important part, hence the title.
Characters
The man knows how to speak to the woman, and talks almost poetically, he is well dressed and impresses the woman. The audience does not learn alot about the woman, as she is not an important character, she does not say much, instead the man almost reads her mind, and knows what she is thinking, as if they have been friends or have known each other for a long period of time.
Locations
It is located on a dark n gloomy roof of a building that is in the middle of a dark and grey city.

Narrative/Plot
The man speaks with suave,and talks almost poetically and impresses the woman, the woman tries to be defensive but eventually gives up and goes into his arms before he kills her.

Themes
The opening is mis directed as it looks like the start of a romantic film, which is then turned around by the man killing her. From the male characters narration, the audience gets the sense that he didnt actually want to kill her.

Visual Style
It is black and white and very simple, which shows the relation to the novel it was actually based on, it makes the film almost like reading the book.

Genre
It is a thriller, but very misdirected during the intro to seem like a romantic film.