The music is the most important factor in this opening sequence to Black Swan. Straight away it highlights the significance of ballet in the piece. Each of the credits dissolves into the next. As the intensity and pace of the music increases the dissolving quickens and the pace of the hand movement increases. The opening sequence is extremely simplistic however extremely effective. The movement in the piece is the movement of the hand the camera doesn't pan or zoom, the audience are tracking the movement of the hand. It foreshadows the idea that at first the film will be gentle and ends intensely and manically. The lines aren't straight and curve, this also foreshadows the lead character's identity and psychological state throughout the movie. Her thinking is not straight forward and far from sane. The intensity of the lines parallels the intensity and crescendo of the music.
The colour is important in the opening credits. Monochrome respresents simplicy and good vs evil. The monochrome again highlights the theme or straight forward thinking. It anticipates the difference between the white and black swan. It creates juxtaposition in tone and emotion. We will experiment with the use of monochrome when editing.
We will use the theme of the music to follow emotion through out the opening. It will foreshadow what the film after unravels. We will also use the format of order for our credits. The last credit is the film title, this is different to many other films making it more interesting for the audience. It reminds the audience of the significance of the title and the role it has on the film.
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