analysis of fight club

We have chosen to look at Fight Club for two main reasons. Firstly as they choose to start at the end of the film and use a flash back to tell the story. secondly, use of a voice over (non diegetic sound) to introduce the story. They have set it in an urban scene to give the film a sense of reality they show the main character brad pitt looking out of the window and showing the world going on as normal.

The use of a gun as the first image we see, draws your attention and creates interest. Due to low key lighting, this adds additional suspense and foreboding due to peoples fear of the dark and the potential unknown, that the dark holds. The use of dark colors also facilitates this sense of potential crisis for the characters.
The heavy bass tones adds a sense of pressure and pace that keeps the film moving with out the use of fast cuts to give it pace.
The font used is large enough to read easily and left up long enough for you to read it and are separate from the action, however, they also use a contemporary font to add effect, similar to the contemporary style of the film.