AS technical analysis

Panic Room technical analysis

1) Panic room starts off with an extreme long shot of New York with that camera panning around to show the title of the film in typography. This shot is to establish the setting in which the film is shot. This shot duration is 4 seconds.

2) The cut too the next shot is virtually seamless with the transition to the saved you're of shot as the last extreme long shot. this shot also has typography on it during the names of the director. The duration of this shot is 4 seconds.

3) The opening sequence carries on on this vein with long shot and extreme long shots to show the vastness of the city. The next shot is of two skyscrapers and the city skyline behind them. This shot lasts for 3 seconds.


4) The next shot is a pan across a building to show a name in typography. This is a long shot. It lasts for 7 seconds.

5) The next shot is a pan while the camera is moving backwards. This is very effective it goes from a medium long shot to a long shot. This shot lasts for 3 seconds.

6) The next shot is a long shot looking down on the street with names in the bottom left hand side of the screen. This shot lasts for 4 seconds.

7) This shot is moving past the side of a building and going into the text with the name on it. This lasts for 4 seconds.

8) The next shot lasts for 4 seconds and is a low angle shot looking up at a name on the side of a building.

9) The soundtrack of this opening sequence is giving the element off mystery to the film by making the audience sit on the edge of their seats to make sure they watch to the next shot.

10) The only different shot of this is the low angler shot of a building that gives us the feeling that there is something that will be uneven about this film.It then cuts to a low angle shot of a house that is in a rural urban area. This house is quite big and makes the audience think the occupants are very wealthy. The only sound in this part of the film is the diabetic white noise of the background.