The creepy and mismatched cuttings at the beginning of this film build up suspense as to the plot of this film. The music also adds, being eerie and catchy to listen to, immediately getting the viewers attention as to what the thriller is going to be about. The images are in an almost sepia type of colour tone, making what you are watching even more intriguing. As the title of the film slowly fixes itself into place, the music becomes louder and even more eerie, keeping the viewer locked into what is about to happen. As ambient music is played and an american voice is heard, its easy to tell that the thriller you are about to watch is not going to involve aliens or something sci-fi and that it is going to be quite realistic. The quick cuts from images and immediate changes in the voices from different people speaking to the public makes things even more interesting to the viewer as they try to understand what exactly is going on as they can never quite tell what the people are talking about and so makes the opening even more mysterious and adds to the eerie effect. The clothing that you see the people wearing in this opening scene is nothing out of the ordinary, making it even more relate-able for the viewer and to help them feel comfortable as people like them are going to be involved in this film. It soon becomes clear that what you can hear is lots of news reports, from when the camera focuses in to one story in particular. The genre of the film also becomes clear very quickly within the first couple of minutes as you find out that what you are about to watch is a Political Thriller due to the news lady's dialogue. Shortly after, the music becomes suspenseful again as the news reporters start to film and focus in on who is arriving with the police guiding their transport. Dialogue helps us to understand that whoever this person is, they are of great importance, and you soon find out that it is in fact the president. The sound becomes even more eerie, especially when one of the presidents important persons look up at what appear to be guards with snipers at the top of the building, looking out for any trouble that can be handled quickly and swiftly. All of a sudden when the president is giving a speech that the news people are filming, he is shot and screams can be heard as well as appearing the background suspenseful and creepy music to the situation. All the characters have no idea what to do, and so you feel for them from their facial expression of shock that helps the audience to feel the same way too.
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