opening scene of fast and furious

I am going to analysis the opening scene of fast and furious. The first shot comes from the left to the right quick showing that the film is a fast paced film, also the music is quick this also shows that the film is going to be quickly paced. When the title comes up the letters are shiny silver like the chrome of a car. The next shot is of men packing a van of good such as televisions and others this shows that the film will include new technology and full of money involved deals. Then the a shot of a van going down a motor way is shot with cars following it, the color are black with a green neon light underneath this symbolizes; black representing that bad or dark force is coming fast and the green shows that the darkness is growing from the bottom of life slowly going to the top. Following this is a group of people that are getting out the roofs of the car dressed in black trying to get the goods of the van driver. The van driver has a baseball bat this shows that the van driver was prepared for this also that the character is violent. The group of people robbing the van uses a tranquillizer showing that the group is not violent but they want to do the job fast without hurting anyone. The van crashes though a site hat is getting worked upon this shows that they do not care for any type of rules that have been set out by a higher power, an establishing shot is shown with the camera slowly panning to the left and the sky turns to day showing that the film is set in a city full of technology, also the lights are all on in the city showing that the city never sleeps showing a fast life style.

This next scene shows a car park the music has changed but it is still has a fast tempo. Here we see the main character, he is driving a green and black car this represents the fact that he is growing in a personality way and the black could mean that he holds dark secrets about his past. He is shown speeding down a road this represents his fast life style this scene in closed with him spinning out of control he is shown scared this could show that he is scared of his own ability.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XG82JNkknTs - The link to the opening scene of the film I have just analysed.

By Daniel Fanthome