2. Drive is a movie that defines its self with its 80’s
retro style. The first few seconds opens with an
ariel shot of night time shot of L.A with florescent
pink credits, combined with some 80’ synth pop
in the background. This combined within the first
two seconds it instantly portrays what style the
movie is in.
It then cuts the title “drive” with the main
character sitting in a car doing exactly that. It
gets to the point but also raises questions, “why
is he driving?”, where is he driving too?”, making
the audience want to watch and find out.
3. Effects and filters are used in the opening adds to
the stylistic approach, although its very
colourful, there's a mellow/mysterious dream like
element to it. The way clips transition from one to
another is also like this, they slowly merge one
into the other, there isn’t any sudden cuts, also
adding to this “dream like feel”.
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As you the audience watches the main character
cruise through downtown L.A while jamming to the
80’s synth pop soundtrack and getting a general
introduction to the style of the movie, a female
main character is subtly I passed in the car park,
foreshadowing potential relationships occurring
later in the movie
4. There is no dialogue throughout the entire
opening sequence, it lets the music and
the visuals speak, making the opening
sequence look like a music video
somewhat. This is consistent throughout
the movie, where dialogue is kept to a
minimum, adding to the “dream like feel”
and letting the action speak.
