The films starts off with some fast paced deep beat music, with a mixture of photos which look like the case file to a crime case with pictures of suspects and a victims of a crime. Using things that connotate the idea of crime is effective in action movies as crime is often a theme in action movies and is what motivates the hero or protagonist to do what they do. This intro lasts a fairly long time, this could be done purposely to add suspense and allow the audience to build up anticipation and excitement for what is going to happen. To introduce the film we hear a voice over telling us about the borders of the us and their drug habits, the things being introduced don’t make us think of a comedy or horror films but instead they fit the genre well and make us wonder how the things being talked about fit into the story. Using Vin Diesels deep voice to read them out works very well as adds to the power behind the words. The first shot of importance is an establishing shot, this introduces what the film is about. The shot is of a cocaine factory with about a dozen workers all cutting up the cocaine and military attire clad men all armed with machine guns, this is very effective in grabbing our attention as it gets our adrenaline going and we get ready for the action to start taking place. We aer introduced to a young guy driving a nice Mercedes who is in contact with a guy who is hauling cocaine off of a boat, we then find out they are small time dealers compared to the people who run the show this adds to the anticipation of the action as we want to find out who is in charge and just how powerful he is. The first scene with the Sean (the protagonist) is dark with connotes that they have to do what they are doing under some sort of cover, then the talk of the assault gets us excited and the shot/reverse shots with Sean and Demetrius, this is a good way to introduce the characters and lets us see how they react to each other, which gives us an idea of their relationship.
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