BW: Captivity Deconstruction - Reflections

For my technical deconstruction, I have broken down the first two minutes of the film 'Captivity' (2007, Joffe). From analysing the sequence in such detail, I have been able to identify a number of trends which occur throughout this opening:

1. Titles and opening credits tend to flicker on and off the screen, with only enough time to read them. Each one is broken up with flashes of other objects and backgrounds.
2. As with this opening sequence, the director clearly doesn't want the audience to understand completely what is going on. To keep it a mystery, it is revealed little by little through the use of extreme close ups.
3. There is no dialogue, resulting in very little character exposition, distancing the audience from the antagonist and making him seem 'less than human'.
4. The use of extreme close ups not only limits what the audience is able to see, making them active in the viewing of the text, but it also exaggerates and dramatises areas.
5. Lighting is limited, so not everything in shot can actually be seen.
6. The use of slow camera pans reveal slowly to the audience what is going on, creating suspense and tension as they wait to see the bigger picture.