1 - 6 seconds into the opening credits we see simple but effective establishing shot of Los Angeles, California. This is a significant shot as the audience can identify the location and time of day.
2 - The actor, Ryan Gosling is the first character we see in the film and the only important character in the opening credits. In conjunction with this, the title of the film appears as Ryan freezes.
3 - This over the shoulder shot shows the character driving. This choice has been made to give a POV from the Ryan's perspective.
4 - In addition to the shot before, another POV shot of the main character is followed, along with a credit.
5 - This next shot shows a another establishing of the location the man is in. It shows that he is driving on a main road at night, which marks a question to why this is the case.
6 - Here we see him parking his car for the night in a car park. From this little information, it suggests he lives in a block of flats of some sort - which therefore explains his economic status.
7 - This is the first instance where the man comes into contact with another figure. He ignores her and walks past, which suggests that he is unfriendly and hinders from society. This means that with the combination of this and a mysterious setting throughout, an enigma is produced as there is a loose link with the future of the film, which therefore entices the audience to watch on.
8 - Here we see the character opening up the door slowly and walking through. We then see the character placing a bag down in the room. This also creates an enigma, as he keeps hold of it at all times and then leaves in a a secure location, i.e. his apartment?
9 - From here he slowly walks out the apartment, with the bag still in sight. The use old panning shot of the bag and the character in the distance - emphasis the significance of the bag. Therefore, resulting this, we question what's inside the bag, e.g. a dead body.
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