deconstruction of the film panic room

when watching the opening title sequence for the film "panic room" i noticed a number of things that i disliked.

firstly was the typeface used. the typeface was bold and white, although the connotations for white include things such as purity, cleaniness, neutrality and youth which in somes cases relate to the plot of the film, on the background in which the colour is used it doesnt stand out and comes across as really dull as yourfocuing more on the background which is colouful rather than the wrting. in this case i dont beleive this was the intention of the use colour. because the background isnt really representing anything.

on the other hand the way in which the writing appears; as if its floating in mid air is rather a clever technique, i personally feel its a shame that the producer didnt do more with the typeface as it could of looked so much better.

another effect i did not like was the way it which the wording appeared on the screen, the camera movement of the words was really slow and didnt keep my attention, there was nothing happenening in the background and the slow movement just made me impatient and didnt keep me intrested.

alothough in a way the location was set with the use of buildings and trees, again it wasnt very entertaining as the camera movement was so slow it was almost as if you was looking at a still image. there was nothing happening with the buildings or the surroundings and theit still didnt give a clear indication of location.

compared to films such as gothika which sets the location and plot and gets the ball rolling, panic room just left you with not much to look at, it wasnt until at least a minute and a half into the opening sequence that the film got started.

camera movements such as pan especially good for showing location and whats happening around and creating a suspense feeling. in this case it didnt happen, it was used to show buildings and trees which did not represent anything to me or make me feel as i was about to watch a good film. the opening sequence in all films should be good because if you cant keep your audience gripped from the very beginning then the film is not going to reach its full potentional and may not be as succesful as it could be. for me panic room is a good example of that.