Analysis of opening sequences- Flightplan

At the start, Flightplan begins with a passing yellow train; this shows the audience the location of film is based in which is America. There is a slow zoom in of a woman with her back towards the camera. It then cuts to the front where we can see her face and surroundings which is a underground sub-way. The high pitched sound effect is added which enhances the movement of the train. The previous shots fades into the next shot, and the camera steadily zooms in the protagonist head. You start asking yourself questions: 'why does she look sad?' 'What happened?' as you know something has happened by the slow soft background soundtrack and by her facial expression of the main character as the camera is in a front angle. The next shot is followed by a rapid fade into the, intertwined with a sound effect of a gun being triggered. This is where the tension started building up. Then we find out that someone has died as we see a coffin... we then find out that it is the main characters husband due to the flashback of her at the station and he comes to take her home. It is set when the weather was snowing. Snow suggests fun and joy but this way it is shown as cold, bleak and depressing. This is what makes you want to watch the rest of the film- to find out how her husband died and how she overcomes this which is holding her back from moving on in life.