Title Sequence: We Need To Talk About Kevin

We Need to Talk About Kevin is a 2011 Psychological Thriller starring Tilda Swinton, John C. Reilly, and Ezra Miller. The first thing that appears on screen is a plain black background with the title quickly appearing word by word. It then cuts to a shot of curtains blowing in the wind, after approximately 5 seconds the camera begins to pan closer towards the curtains with the sound of something ticking becoming faster as the camera gets closer to the curtains. This opening scene is extremely effective and reels people in as it makes them question the significance of the curtains being focussed on, and why the film opens on such a dark and unclear note. Little do the audience know;  this sequence as well as a large part of the rest of the film is a flashback of Tilda Swinton (the actress who plays the lead female role as Kevin's Mother).  It then cuts to a white screen for several seconds, leaving the audience without knowing what to expect. The next scene is a high angle shot of a crowd of people, we find out that it is in fact a traditional tomato throwing festival so therefore a lot of the colour red is used which could potentially be representing blood, danger, or violence. The camera then tracks Tilda Swinton and focuses on her lying down looking expressionless although you can still see the commotion of people moving frantically all around her, during this scene we can hear diagetic sounds of screaming. Sound in this whole opening sequence is mostly made up of low mixed diagetic sounds, there is no soundtrack so therefore the silence is punctuated by regular auditory stabs and loud, sharp, and intrusive noises.