Flight plan's opening sequence uses Mise en Scene throughout the extract. The location of an underground train station and the colour of the train is purposely used. The underground train station is associated with being really busy all of the time but is very quiet with almost no one around in the opening scene. This creates mystery about the location to the audience and the protagonist is present which suggests that they are alone both mentally and psychically. This makes the audience question why the protagonist is alone and wants to know more about the location and why they are there. The colour of the train is yellow which connotes happiness. This is done on purpose to juxtapose the mood created by the train station, which has low key lighting and is almost empty. The audience then feels confused as to why the protagonist is alone and wants to keep watching.
Throughout the opening sequence of Flight Plan, there is various cinematography techniques used. An example of this would be the use of close ups which are purposely used to show the shot in more detail so the audience focuses on it more and makes everything in the shot more important. Films of the thriller genre use close ups when something important is shown to emphasise what is being shown and sometimes to build tension. An example of a close up in Flight Plan's opening sequence would be a close up of the protagonist's face, to emphasise her facial expression, suggesting how she is feeling. Tracking shots are also used when the protagonist looks out of the window into another, and then there is a tracking shot of her walking through her house. The tracking shot seems to be shot from the window she looked at, suggesting that she is being watched and therefore building suspense for the audience.
Editing seen throughout the opening sequence of Flight plan via the use of fast paced editing throughout the scene. This makes the whole opening scene quicker for the audience as they have to keep watching to keep up and know what is happening. The fast paced editing appears throughout the different locations which is stereotypical to the thriller genre as thriller films are usually fast paced, especially in the opening scene. The fats paced editing in the opening scene is purposely done so more tension is build in a shorter time and the audience finds it harder to keep up, creating confusion which is typical to the genre. Jump cuts are used widely in Flight Plan's opening sequence, to show a lot of different locations and times in the same scene. There are jump cuts between the protagonist in a morgue, at an underground train station and at her house. These are all set in different times but the jump cuts allow them to be in the same scene, further suggesting that they are all very important locations.
The opening scene of Flight Plan shows a variety of different diegetic and non diegetic sound. This is seen via the use of the non diegetic soundtrack when the protagonist is at home. She looks out of the window into another but no one is there. The soundtrack is fast paced, which juxtaposes the peaceful location of her own house. The camera angles shown next suggest that she is being watched which then matches the mysterious mood created via the soundtrack. This is done purposely as the soundtrack is played first to confuse the audience. This shows that something is about to happen, creating tension and making the audience want to keep watching. This is stereotypical to the thriller genre because fast paced non diegetic soundtracks are usually used in films of this genre. They are also commonly used in opening sequences, like Flight plan, to build suspense straight away which is common to the thriller genre.
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