At the start of the opening sequence, the lines on the screen move from the right diagonally and from the bottom vertically, it is an animated sequence. It makes the screen look like a grid, and gives it perspective. As the titles appear on screen they follow the grid. The arrows on the title of the film point north west and north.
As the opening sequence carries on, the grid dissolves into a building, which looks like a skyscraper in new york. You can tell that it is new york as the skyscraper is acting like a mirror and therefore you can see the street next to it, where yellow cabs are driving. The mirrors that are used can also be diseeving
The traffic in the mirror of the skyscraper dissolves into people walking. Creative geography is sued as where the people are walking is at the entrance/exit of a building, which makes the audience believe that it is the entrance/exit of the skyscraper. As the people are exiting the building the audience can automatically tell that it is rush hour as the people walking look like there in a rush, All the people in the shot are dressed formally so therefore the audience can tell that the people had been at work.
you can tell that it is not that hot as there is a man selling newspapers in a shirt. people are going in all sorts of directions making the title sequence look quite rushed. You could also get the feeling that is it rush hour as when the 2 women are fighting over a cab, as it is uncivilized behavior.
The music in the background of the title sequence is quite fast as it adds a sense of rush. It is very dramatic and chaotic. Brass instruments such as violins, trumpets and flutes are playing. The soundtrack fits in with the people in the sequence as it is fast and the people are walking fast. It has a orchestrial sound and is classically composed. The image on its own can paint a bigger picture than the music adds.
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