(Fight Club- 1999 film directed by David Fincher)
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This is one of my favourite movie's opening scene which takes us through a teeth grinding, nerve tickling projection of the idea of fear and the physical and biological manifestation of it. It starts with the viewer is taken on an outward journey inside the protagonists’ brain, travelling through various murals of the cerebral regions and finally coming out through the skin pores on the protagonists’ forehead, a band of sweat felicitously flowing through micro- organismic trails of skin. The ending brings the viewer out in of the protagonists' brain to the part which make is all so real in an unbelievable way, there is a gun is being pointed into the protagonists mouth.
This entire opening has clearly been created by using visual effects in order to take the audience into the imaginary and yet realistic human brain. David Fincher has created a fast paced momentum by combining effects upon the audience, such as the visual element that shows electrical impulses that travel through various terrains of the nervous systems as a roller coaster movement type fashion as well as keeping a background score which is mash up of heavy rock and punk influence. Moments of climaxing elevation are noticed as brain movements become faster in sync with the horrifyingly mercurial quality of the sound.The text itself can be seen to strongly suggest themes of identity. The cast and crews identity is displayed to the spectator in the form of titles, however the appearance and movement of these titles can be seen to connote strong ideas of not only identity, but more specifically, the concealed and fractured identities
This entire opening has clearly been created by using visual effects in order to take the audience into the imaginary and yet realistic human brain. David Fincher has created a fast paced momentum by combining effects upon the audience, such as the visual element that shows electrical impulses that travel through various terrains of the nervous systems as a roller coaster movement type fashion as well as keeping a background score which is mash up of heavy rock and punk influence. Moments of climaxing elevation are noticed as brain movements become faster in sync with the horrifyingly mercurial quality of the sound.The text itself can be seen to strongly suggest themes of identity. The cast and crews identity is displayed to the spectator in the form of titles, however the appearance and movement of these titles can be seen to connote strong ideas of not only identity, but more specifically, the concealed and fractured identities
The most interesting element however, is the thematic relationship that the opening credits establish with the plot of the movie; the idea of cause and effect, the chemical and biological process that cause and project emotion, provide very tangible essence of what the movie is all about. The triviality of Fight club and the emotion behind the fights, is taken away. It is now a more visceral idea that provides a deeper shade to the film.
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