The beginning of the film shows a male character in what looks like an apartment doing dishes in his boxers and shirt connoting that he is at home, the lack of sound connotes that he lives alone. He gets dressed into a suit that is layed out on his bed showing that he is organised. In the next scene the character is shown in a different environment. He is with other people in suits in another apartment with a body and blood splattered onto the wall. The people are taking photographs and talking. They say 'lietenant' and 'the body' connoting that this is a crime scene and this will be a film based around some kind of crime. another character enters and talks to him. This appears to be the next main character as he talks to the character we are already familiar with. As they step outside it is raining, this gives the scene a dull and negative atmosphere. The shop behind them has bars over the display windows and in front of the door showing that the area they are in an area that must have a high crime rate. The first character (morgan freeman) talks to the character who has just been introduced (Brad Pitt) he says 'why here' and 'you don't know me' when brad pitt tries to have a conversation with him. This shows that the character is quite closed and defensive obviously distancing himself.
The over all theme of the opening sequence sets the mood and pace of the rest of the movie. We witness a hierarchal complex between the two characters and the dull content in the shots are prolepsis for a dark movie. The use of setting and weather provide an atmospheric stage for which the movie continues.
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