The title sequence to My Bloody Valentine first starts with a loud screeching noise to get immediate attention from the audience. The sounds effects use in the first few minutes for the title sequence is a build up of violins which sounds like it is in an orchestra which makes it sound more intense and builds adrenaline. There is also a voice over of reports of this specific murder case of 'Harry Warden' this shows the content of the film straight away. In the title sequence there is the mixture of cinematography and editing which makes it extremely effective. The cinematography tends to reverse zoom out of certain images on the newspaper articles. This involves continuity editing as it goes onto the next newspaper, also the editing makes the titles and some images look 3D which keeps the cinematography interesting as it look as though it is going through the images.
The first scene after the title sequence is an establishing shot of a Hospital which sets the scene, and introduces mise-en-scene. Cross cutting editing is used to show a flash back, as there is a medium long shot of a man in a hospital bed then suddenly goes onto a group of men working down a mine/pit. A close up of his eye closed then suggests he is having a flashback. The sound effects used in the location of the mine/pit is synchronous sound as there is the sound of clanging etc. The sound effects become more tense when he puts his gas mask on due to an explosion in the mine. Lighting used is very dark until the bright explosion happens, in which the cross cutting editing flicks back on to the close up of the man eye open. The lighting becomes lighter as it is medium long shot of a nurse walking through the hospital to her patience, where then she notices her patient is missing which we guess was the man in the scene before now he is awake. After the moment of realization the lighting gets darker and the sound effects begin to create tension which suggests something is going to happen. The violins get louder as the man in the background stands up from the bed. The camera pans towards the man so he is in the main shot. Then the title appears with the sound effect of screaming women. The titles are in red to relate to the content and has the connotations of murder and danger.
The same establishing shot is then used of the hospital with police cars pulling up outside, with diegetic and synchronous sound of sirens. There are then several long shots of the main police officer walking round the hospital with bludgeoned bodies laying on the floor. The sound and music used is more serious with a mixture of violins and drums. The cinematography used is just a panning shot of the officer observing, then an edit of fading out to go to the next scene. A deep focus is used to emphasis the blood dripping from this hand with the officer in the background.
After the scene in the hospital when they discover it is the man in the first scene, it cuts onto the mining tunnel with music playing and teenagers hanging out and drinking. The cinematography uses a steadicam shot to follow the main teenage boy coming from the tunnel over to a car with a girl sat on it. The mise-en-scene completely changes within these few shots, as the costumes and props in the hospital were police uniform and hospital equipment etc. Where as this scene contrasts as the teenagers are wearing casual clothing with beer in their hands. The sound used is diegetic sound such as laughing etc there is no sound effects or music yet. The lighting is very dark as it is set in the nighttime. Another car pulls up in which uses diegetic sound again and then there is a high angle shot of the whole group of teens near the mining tunnel, this resets the scene. There is then a shot reverse shot between two couples of teenagers who are having conversations and taking pictures. There is also a shot reverse shot of the two couples.
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