The clip opens with a sinister non diegetic soundtrack over

rippling water. The ripples in the water represent the

disruption of calm water, which foreshadows the coming
disturbance. The water is a dark green/brown colour,
connoting an unpleasantness. The music is a slow, steady build-up of strings,
building tension. The eagle is a bird of prey, who stalks his victims before
attacking, just like Cady stalks and attacks his victims. When the title appears
the music crescendos to a loud fanfare creating an apprehensive atmosphere.
After this there is an eyeball in the camera. The eyeball is a representation of
omniscient character who sees all. However, the eyeball also represents an area
of vulnerability. The reflection then transitions to a mouth, which the camera
enters. This could reflect an invasion of the body, similar
to how Cady invades the familys privacy. The next
reflection is a face but it is unclear whether it is laughing
or screaming, this uncertainty could symbolise Cadys
mental state he is clearly insane. The face could also
show a screaming victim. The silhouettes represent a killer creeping in the
shadows, unknown to his victims, or it could symbolise the body of a victim.
The background then transitions to a drop of blood
oozing down the screen, this could link to the silhouette
as the victims blood. The blood and red colour
connotes danger and death, foreshadowing the
oncoming events. The whole screen going red shows
the amount of death in the film, preparing the audience for the forthcoming
happenings. It then transitions to a close up on a pair of eyes basked in redness,
again connoting death and danger, a recurring theme, and possibly showing that
this person will be a victim. As the eyes blink they change to a blue x-ray style,
linking to death and vulnerability. Finally the shot zooms out
to a girl in mid shot, who begins talking. She is wearing a
white polo shirt, stereotypical of a schoolgirl, and white
indicates purity and innocence, contrasting to the genre and
foreshadowed events. Her diegetic dialogue, saying that the
river was magic[al] and lovely suggests there is going to be a change, and
that the river is going to be the scene of something horrible.
The second part of the opening starts with a slow pan close up down a wall filled
with pictures of famous military leaders and legal books, with a bible on top. This
tells us that Cady is interested in violent but clever people. The books also tell us
that Cady is intelligent but the bible on top suggests that
he is also strongly religious. Over this is a big brass
soundtrack that sounds ominous and suggests these
aspects of mise-en-scene are sinister and for an evil
purpose. The camera zooms out on Cady doing tricep dips, who has a large
tattoo of a cross with the scale of justice on, this tattoo suggests that Cady
believes in a more biblical and violent for of justice. The tricep dips signify that
Cady is fit and has spent his time in prison training. As the camera pans on to
him there is a crescendo in the music signifying that he is the antagonist and
should be feared.
As the camera zooms out a guard opens his door saying Okay Cady, the
moment youve been waiting for which implies that Cady has been waiting to

get his revenge. As Cady is walked around the cell block the other inmates have
stood up to see him out showing the respect that Cady has. The cell block is
white which juxtaposes Cady as white normally signifies
purity and innocence whereas Cady is evil and a criminal.
As Cady leaves the cell block we
see Cady leave from behind the
bars, showing Cadys freedom
and that he has been unleashed on the world. As the
cell block door closes there is match on action to the outside gate of the prison.
As Cady leaves the guard asks if there is anyone coming which Cady shakes his
head at, this shows that Cady is a loner and cannot function around others. The
other guard asks about his books, which Cady replies Already read em, this
further shows the time that Cady has spent preparing for his release, and that he
is ready to cause mayhem. The final shot is of Cady walking away from the
prison with a storm in the background, the storm foreshadows the coming
events, and its emphasised by Cadys strong walk and the peak in the
soundtrack. The motion of Cady quickly approaching the camera shows how
strong and ruthless he is.