"Dead Man's Shoes" opening sequence captures audience attention and immerses into the action from the very beginning. The director combines two periods of time which mood is completely opposed to each other. We can see some moments of childhood of main heroes, supposing how much their family means to them, how much space it occupies in their minds. It depicts different aspects of their life in the past. Through the special effects the director creates an impression that these little videos were filmed by a member of the family on an amateur camera. This footage arouses deep emotion in everyone which helps from the first moments start to emphasis to the main heroes. That probably prepares us for the further action (as we can say by the name of the movie, there will be some crime) and somehow explains the motives of the main hero. The other part of the opening sequence, in contrast, shows us the isolation and solitude of the two main characters. It shows how they are going somewhere, but actor's body language demonstrates that they have a certain direction. The music on the background also develops the depth of emotions.
We can build various assumptions in our mind trying to guess what is going to happen next, what is going on right now. This is a great adventage of this sequence. It doesn't give a chance to simply pass by, but it ctches the audience, simultaneously, not giving any exact information about the plot of the movie, but giving only a type of relationships of the main heroes between them.
And the colors are also very significant. During the family scenes it is usually sunny and in general colors are bright. On the other hand, during their long journey the weather is cloudy which helps to indicate a mood as well as the general situation where the main heroes find themselves.
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