Dexter - Title Sequence

Dexter is an American tv show rather than a film, therefore some of the shots are completely different to some thriller films, however I feel it connects perfectly with ours. E.g. Taking usual everyday items and twisting their meaning, creating suspense and intrest for the audience. This is exactly what we want to do with our psychological thriller film.

The first shot we see is of a mosquito being slapped, and squashed onto what seems to be a mans arm. ThThe man hits the mosquito quite hard getting across his anger. After he realises the mosquito is dead he smirks, and I feel this shows the audience that he is proud of killing the creature. (This maybe foreshadows whats to come in the programme).

After this shot the title is shown in a very bold font, in a blood red colour. With each drop of blood that lands on the background the colour of the typography gets darker and darker, again getting across that the programme may get darker throughout the series.

There are then various everyday shots such as shaving, cutting food, blending coffee, and flossing. However these shots play with the mind as they're close up which play with the mind. For example, the raw meat that the male character is cutting looks like human flesh, and the flossing scene gets across that the character could be preparing a murder.
The final close up shot we see of the male character is him putting in his shirt, the way of which he does this however makes the audience feels as if he's hiding his identity, this connects with the close up of the door looking. I feel the shot of the door being locked shows the audience how the character likes his identity to be somewhat locked, and closed away much like his possesions.

The final shot of the whole sequence is of the male character walking away from his house, and looking directly to the camera making an automatic link with the audience. The sound which kind of 'dings' in the background makes it seem as if the character is winking towards the viewers. This makes him seem cheeky and a neighbourly type of person who people get along with.