Limitless Opening Sequence Analysis

Limitless Intro

This shot captures the setting of where the film is being shot - A large cityscape, preferably New York. This shot captures the darkness and madness of the city, since it has used very low key lighting, and it is also a birds eye view shot. This camera still looks down upon a high rise building, making the audience question that a character of importance is inside the building.

The previous shot then escalates into showing the title of the film. It has used modern, bold sans serif font in white, to contrast against the dark background. It once again incorporates the busy city life into the shot, depicting the setting which the characters will act in. Since it is set in a very busy city, it determines the budget of the film, since New York is a city filled with wealth and notoriety.

This shot zooms in from the city to brain cells. This depicts that the film is about accessing 100% of your knowledge, instead of only '20%'. It uses warm colours, relating to blood to entice the audience. The writing also carries on being a modern, bold sans serif font, showing the cast and producers who worked on this film.

After looking into the depth of brain cells, it zooms in further, which morphs into looking down at New York city. This show is another birds eye view, which is extremely high up and shows the massive scale of the setting. This shot is also showing who has produced the film, and still uses sans serif font. It uses this font to depict with the modern, up to date lifestyle, especially when in such a high powered city like New York.