Analysis of the opening of Knowing

We chose this film to analyse its opening as it links to ours to an extend. It fits into the genre we are using in our opening sequence. Here, we will look at the credits and its title and how the film has used it. We will also be looking at what elements in the opening of this film shows its a thriller film. We will be using screenshots of the film in order to help us explain.

Knowing begins with the logo of the film studio that supports the film. Summit Entertainment is an independent American film studio.

This shot shows the directors name; Alex Proyas. He was also the producer and the screenwriter.








After the
director's
name, the main actor's name appears.








This is the title of the film. With the moon in the background, it shows the genre of the film (thriller) very clearly. You could also interpret that the film contains mysterious elements.






This shot is just after when the title appears. The camera zooms out of her face, showing her and her surrounding. The movie did well to show her lost and in her own thoughts while she is staring up at the sky. In our opening sequence, we showed the character looking mysterious too by beginning with a graveyard scene. The audience won't understand at the beginning what the character is doing there and that's the start of the mysterious.She is juxtaposed with the rest of the children in the background. She also looks hurt and mysterious which kicks off the start of the film because the beginning of the film connects to the other events happening after.

This screenshot is inside the class . You can see clearly the student's uniforms and that they are in a school. In our opening sequence, we put school uniform on the character to establish her vulnerability and young age.






Here is the opening of the film Knowing