This opening sequence doesn't indicate much of what is going on, or what the story is going to be about. It consists of a helicopter shots that then turn into birds-eye view shot of a car and then follows it for the rest of the sequence as it drives on a road in the mountains. It is still intriguing, it makes the audience want to find out where that car is going or if it has anything or anyone important in it. From the trailer we can tell that its a horror, but in this title sequence not really. It still has a strange and disturbing effect on its viewers with the use of music and the shot being so long, it also feels distorted. Such as when the credits come from the bottom to the screen to the top, with the camera moving forwards it doesn't feel right.
The music feels like it could have easily been used in a dark house type horror film but instead its used in some beautiful nature scenery, this also gives of a strange vibe to the sequence. The shots of the car also give of a mood of this car being a lone and so if anything were to happen to it no one would know. The opening sequence is only three minutes but it feels like this car has been traveling for a long time, implying that it is probably very far from any city/civilization. To add to this the house they arrive at has no other houses or shops near it.
Overall I like this title sequence as I find sometimes it can work better with a film to not reveal much at the start so that the audience is intrigued to find out more.
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