The sequence establishes the location with detailed establishing shots, leaving some questions unanswered to intrigue viewers. Slow non-diegetic music and police sirens in the background set the tone of the police genre. The color red symbolizes danger and targets, reinforced by images of sniper guns. Brief snapshots build an image that comes together at the start, setting the pace for an action/thriller film. The title enters from above a city, suggesting a hostage situation will be central to the plot.

1. -321310-797560The sequence features many establishing shots which have a lot of detail which paint the picture of the location. This is effective as you are releasing some information about the movie but are also leaving questions unanswered which make the audience want to watch on.There is very slow non diagetic music in the background and this also adds to the sense of the genre and you can also hear the sound police sirens in the background which hint that the movie will be to do with the police. The colour red is also important again as it conotates danger and also in this symbolises targets – like on a dart board – bulls-eye. This is backed up by the sniper guns also used in the sequence. The imagery in the sequence is vague and they come in like snaps shot this makes the audience active in trying to build and image from the snap shots they see, when the movie starts properly you see all of the snapshots come together which builds the picture of the location The name of the actor, producers and directors, ECT. Seem to come in very quickly as the shots do the shots stay on screen about 4-5 seconds and change thereafter after 1 second. This pace adds to the sense that the film will be and action/thriller.The movie title enters from above and looking down upon what looks to be a city and this suggests a hostage situation is going to be at the centre of the movie. The movie starts with the name of the main star and this theme resonates through most of the title sequences with this hierarchy system. 18688058059420186880571234301847850618807518478505262880184785044018201847850348742018478502573020182626017329151826260861060