Dredd opening scene

In Dredd there is a wide use of compilation footage of various riots and civil unrest, this is to give the audience an idea of what the world is like, as the main character narrates, this helps the audience relate his words to visual images. The film also has several extreme long shots as the establishing shot, this helps the audience see where the film is based. They also use birds eye view shots and extreme long shots using panning shots, this helps show us all details of the city and helps gives us an idea of the size and scale of the setting. The close up shots of Dredd getting his equipment and suit on help build suspence in the audience because they can't see his face so they cna't tell what he looks like, however as he is the narrator, which helps as get an idea of the background of the film, the audience is likely to sympathise with him more even though the sound of his voice is very aggresive and we wouldn't want to meet someone like that, he also has to wear body armour which suggests he is in a very dangerous job, this makes the audience excited as we know this will be an action film, this also conforms to what we think should be in an action film. There is also the addition of a heads-up display to the camera footage to make it look more realistic and futuristic, it makes it very immersive to the audience as they will feel like they are actually watching the people do this in the street. The people in the long shots seem to be gang members, this suggests that there is some crime involved in the film as gangs are stereotypically involved in violence like drugs and gun shootings, this gives the audience an idea of what the main antagonist will be like, but because we don't know who they are yet we are left wondering who it is and how bad they are. The panning shot of the main headquarters pans upwards to give the building the power in the shot, this shows us that they are the people in charge and they have authority over us. Dredd also uses his DNA locked Gun which is very Sci-fi as DNA checking guns don't exist, this suggests that there is a lot of action in the film, and conforms to what we expect of a futristic action film with very appealing weaponry. The main title of the film DREDD is in a very explosive font suggesting it is a piece of shrapnel, suggests to the audience the film is action-packed. The non-digetic sound used is also very dark adn rythmic, this helps build up pace and tension that the audience will hook onto, because its catchy, this eventually builds to the title sequence where it becomes very loud allowing it to ove onto the next scene with the motorbike chase. The motorbike used at the end of the scene suggests that the movie contains vehicle chases which are commonly used in action films to build up tension and give the audeince an adrenaline rush, this makes them wnat to watch the film as they want to see what happens.