Shot 1. This first shot is an establishing shot that sets the scene, the scene shows a very urbanised city. the audience at this point may not know that the whole scene is a bank heist. It is counter typical of what you see in a thriller opening.
Shot 2. This shot is a two shot, where the two characters are going to cross the other building with the zip wire, there is non-diegetic music being shown. The characters in the whole scene are wearing the same clothes with suites and trousers as well as masks. The audience will not know who the antagonist is , until the scene is finished. The props used are a zip wire which is unusual in a thriller opening.
Shot 3. This shot shows one of the various antagonists waiting on a street corner, with his gang clothing and a mask ready in his left hand. The audience can tell this character is an antagonist because of he's being singled out, carrying a bag, and also a mask in his hand. It does not show the identity of the character, which is a typical convention in a thriller opening.
Shot 4. This shot is a wide-shot, showing the antagonist being picked up by a blacked out vehicle, placing his mask on as he enters the vehicle. It also shows match on action as to when the antagonist opens the door to the vehicle. The tempo increases as the vehicle shows up. The location of this shot is on a publicly open street, not really hiding the fact that theres an antagonist.
Shot 5. This shot is an aerial shot, showing another two antagonist characters going across two buildings via zip wire. The characters are very high up, making it difficult to be seen as they are clearly up to something. The shot shows the street below them, with vehicles driving along casually as they zip across to the next building.
Shot 6. This shot is the over the shoulder overlooking the other characters in the front of the car, so still doesn't unveil the identity of any characters, the non diegetic music lowers in sound to hear them speak. They are still wearing the same costumes. This is typical in a thriller opening and adds the sense of enigma to it.
Shot 7. This shot is a long shot where the characters have entered the bank and have attacked bank manager and really set the moment that it actually is a bank heist, the sound starts to increase in tempo and is dominant still being non-diegetic. The props used are guns and there are about 4-7, in this shot there is just one threatening the man.
Shot 8. There is a close up of a character holding a device of some sort, still non-diegetic sounds and looks as if he is trying to break in. All characters throughout the opening have the same costumes which is clever and the audience gets gripped and not usre who the actual antagonist is.
Shot 9. This is a two shot, where it shows two characters facing off, one being the antagonist and the other a fake. The props are a few sacks of money, gun and a bus that slams through the building and hits the fake, this is brilliantly done as the enigma suspected has gone with the audience knowing what has happened. There is non-diegetic sounds still in the opening, the ending is typical in a thriller opening as it reveals what the opening is about.
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