Fight Club Analysis

The second the sequence starts we see the production logo of Regency and the title sequence follows this immediately after. When the actual title scenes start there is a brief moment of total darkness and medium pace instrumental music is abruptly interrupted by loud fast pace music. The music is a record of classical music and the record is scratched, starting the fast back music. The first title fades in and the first camera technique is used. The whole opening is shot in the dollying out style with constant panning while the titles are appearing and disappearing. The camera shows a close up of the SFX that is used, making it look like the inside of a brain with what could be all of the receptor nerves. This could be the first blatant indication of the genre of the movie, being a psychological thriller. The opening follows a tight colour scheme of blues and black and all of the titles are in the same style, colour and font. This could be a very subtle hint to the movie, where things being ‘the same’ are a common concept. The soundtrack is very repetitive and the only difference in the camera is when we see an extreme close up of the character’s sweating forehead. From this the camera zooms out to reveal the main character’s face.