The opening sequence of War of the Worlds uses eerie non-diegetic music and shots of unevolved basic life forms to create a creepy and suspenseful tone. Shots comparing humanity to bacteria and depicting the Earth as insignificant help reinforce the narrator's message about humanity's small size in the universe. A shot of a city from above and light approaching the Earth may foreshadow the arrival of aliens, building suspense as the title sequence ends with the same bright light flying toward the camera.

1. opening sequence of
War Of The Worlds.

2. The first part of the sequence opens
with eerie music this causes suspense
and intrigue.

3. This frame has non diegetic music over it this
creates a creepy tone also the frame shows
unevolved, basic life forms.

4. In this shot the narrator starts to compare humanity to cells linking
back to the earlier shots and saying the human race is as
insignificant as the bacteria we saw before. He also compares the
earth to a spec of water on a leaf

5. At this point the narrator is talking about how small we are in the
universe this bird's eye view shot helps reinforce that by showing a
city as really small and insignificant.

6. As the camera pulls out it shows light coming from behind the earth. This
may foreshadow the arrival of aliens for the main sequence of the movie.
This low lit suspense full shot is typical of a thriller. It lets the viewers
imagination build up.

7. The title sequence has quite non diegetic sounds in a
eerie tune. Also behind the title is the same bright light
from before it flies towards the camera then cuts.