Red eye Opening scene

Narrative Structure: The opening of this film uses a linear structure, although it is two story lines that are intertwined with each other. Lots of things are going on at once, which makes it quite hard to figure out what's going on and there is only a suggestion of a narrative. We can make out from the sequence that someone steals a wallet, from someone with the initals J.R.
Something is going on with a "box of frozen fish" that's not frozen fish, but something in a large grey box.

Thriller codes and convetions : enigma codes are sued as a key part of Redeye, the main questions asked are Who is J.R? What is in the container? And Who stole the wallet? These questions leave the reader on the edge of their seats and with several questions running through their mind. An element of the unusual or exotic is used within the film. This exotic thing is an unknown container covered in fish. We don’t know what is in the container or where it has come from and the fact that it isn’t a person makes it slightly exotic and mysterious.

Camerawork :Redeye contains a lot of quick shots that are often close ups. This is used to almost confuse the viewer so they ask a lot of questions. Panning and tracking shots are used at the start in close up to give a shot that shows a lot of detail up close that we can presume will be relevant to the story later on such as the picture of a girl and the wallet. There is never any focus on the characters faces within the camera shots but instead what they are doing or what they are using to do.

Mise-En-Scene-
Coustime - Gloves are used by the character who takes the wallet, this links with finger prints as many crime and thriller films have an element of trying to get finger prints to nail criminals.

Lighting- The scene is quite light throughout except the end with the van scene where it is much darker. This means all details can be scene that need to be but there is still that element of darkness at the end.

Actors- We don’t actually see any of the actors in the scene although there is some focus on the girl in the picture. This links with Pascal’s idea of Partial vision.

Make-Up- Although not specifically make-up, the fish all have red eyes which refers back tot eh title of the film.

Props- The wallet is a key prop in the scene as there seems to be a lot of focus on what is inside it and who it belongs to. The crate with the fish surrounding it is also a major prop as we wonder what it contains.

Setting- The scene is set in a variety of settings including a house, warehouse, van and then haulage yard.

Sound - at the start of the scene when the credits appear and the picture with the girl in it, suspense is instantly built by dark supernatural music which puts the audience on edge. The music is building throughout the scene and very dark and racy. The loud and full sounding music builds suspense in a scene that isn’t as dramatic as say a death or murder.

Editing -There are many parts in the opening where cross cutting occurs. The scene cuts between the two ongoing story lines, one about a wallet and one about a container. Quick editing and cuts keep the suspense up in the scene. There are some areas of match shots and continuity editing