Analyse of 'Mimic'

Mimics opening credits starts with an high angle shot over New York whilest its snowing. By the opening scene starting with snow, it gives us a cold feeling as it must be winter.
The music which is being played throughout the opening sequence is a low beat which builds up tention as it gets louder at certain stages. The music builds the tension by making the audiences heart rate increase as it begins to get louder.

Butterflies are usually used to represnt happiness, however in this situation the film director has used butterflies to represnt death as their are many butterflies which have pins in them to show that they are harmed, in pain and danger. The butterflies give away to the audience that the film is going to be a disturbing film which will be in the thriller genre as it is associated with bad things.

In the background of the main soundtrack their has been some diegetic sound, the diegetic sounds are butterflies flying with their wings touching; this gives the audience an idea of the life which the butterflies did have but now that has been taken from them. A big bang can also be heard in the background which could relate to a gun shot or thunder which once again are both a negative image towards the film.
Editing has been used to merge differant shots together, which makes it effective to watch as you dont get a clear image of what is about to next be seen. Editing has also been used to take colour away from pictures to make the shot look more dull looking and more dark.

Close up shots have been used to show differant bugs which makes the audience wounder why their are so many insects involved in this film.
Extreme close up shots have been used to show the audience important things such as the nails which have been nailed into the butterflies wings.

The opening credits makes the rest of the storyline seem all mysterious as we have not yet been introduced to a character so dont know what to expect through out the rest of the film.