Redeye - The opening scenes

Narrative Structure- Redeye is filmed in a montage structure, all the images are random and don’t follow a set linear chronological sequence of events. In Redeye the montage structure works by running two story lines simultaneously; one about a container and one about the wallet embroidered with J.R. Due to this montage footage the audience is unclear who are the bad guys and who are the good guys if there are good and bad guys in it.

Thriller Codes and Conventions - 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.Paired with this is Partial Vision. In redeye we don’t see who the wallet belongs to, J.R. And we also don’t have a clue who has stolen it. This is a great deal of partial vision which then leads to a whole set of questions (Enigma Codes).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 -
Whats in the scene? Alot of things are in this scene, as there is lots of things going on. There is the wallet, which is stolen. The photo's of the young woman. The floorplan and photo's of the building (which is possibly a hotel?). The frozen fish which is concealing something within a box. The opening of this scene we can see is set in two different locations, somewhere near a dockyard, and then inside the rooms in possibly two different buildings.

Sound
The sounds in this sequence are very dramatic, loud and fast paced, not unlike the events that we are seeing unfold in the film. The music builds up to add to the tension between JR? putting down their wallet and getting in the shower and the wallet being stolen. When the title "Red Eye" comes up on screen, we hear the rushing sound of a plane taking off, which could possibly be a hint as to what is going to happen in the rest of the story.

Editing
To keep with the fast paced style of this film, lots of fast paced, cross cut editing is used to envelope the audience in the story and almost confuse the person who is viewing the film. The story cross cuts from the wallet storyline to the "frozen fish" storyline numerous times in very quick succession.

Graphics
The graphics in this opening are white on a black background to begin with. They then move around on screen over the top of all the action that is going on within the film. The title Red Eye is written in red, which has connotations of evil and mysterious things which links in to the opening sequence of the film and things that could possibly still be to come.