Signs (2002)

The sound in the opening scene is purely diegetic, creating tension among the audience as they are aware that anything could happen at any time.

The only sound of music is made right at the end of the scene, where sci-fi style music is heard, setting up the theme of the movie.

There is a girl screaming to create tension. We could implement this by using our editing software since none of our actors are female. This is a good diegetic sound because it shows that either the girl that has just screamed is in trouble or has died.

The opening scene ends with a bird’s eye view, aerial shot of the fields showing the crop circles. This creates a shock to the audience at the revelation of the discovery that heavily implies the sci-fi theme of the film.

The music as the aerial shot pans out is low pitched and creates a sense of danger and tension for the audience and makes them believe that something is very wrong within the plot.

Fade to black after aerial shot to finish off the introduction to Signs. This is used to make casual non-continuity cut to the next scene this shows the audience that the film is slowly moving forward in time.