Opening sequence analysis The Mechanic

The mechanic opening sequence

The clip starts by showing a Columbian man arriving in Columbia with a private jet. You can see right away that it is a very wealthy man because of the jet and the bodyguards waiting for him at the airport with fancy suits, sunglasses and weapons. They are standing there with fancy cars to underline the wealth of this man.

 

They step into their fancy cars and drive away as there is some calm southern American music that sounds a little mysterious but at the same time tells you a lot about the man, in this part they make it very obvious that the man is involved in a lot of crime because of the music as well as they drive into a village and step out of their car and attack helpless members of the society because his car was in their way. As their cars approached the village the lighting was very peaceful, the music was also very calm. And you can see that the people were very happy until the richer ones arrived.

 

As the rich man approaches his villa there is a great of all of the cars in his escort driving through a narrow gate with big walls on the sides and the big villa in the background to show how rich and powerful he is.

 

He steps out of the car with all the bodyguards around, this proves the high level of security he has it is easy to understand that he feels threatened. The boss also stands out from the bodyguards by wearing a different coloured suit.

 

He steps into his villa and goes straight to the swimming pool, the swimming pool is very dark, there is no chance of seeing what is in the water, this is to make the audience curious and paranoid. There is obviously something going on because of the mysterious music, guards and the dark swimmingpool.

 

When he is in the swimming pool he is being filmed from under the dark water, this could mean that he is being filmed from another person’s sight, which is under water.  While he is swimming you can hear diegetic sounds like the sound of him taking a deep breath over water while he is swimming or the sound of his arms mowing under water, this makes the audience feel the reality of the situation. The darkness of the water makes it scary.

 

During the killing and when the killer is escaping the music played is quite fast which stresses the audience. The killer is under water wearing a black wetsuit which makes him look very professional. Also the killing is very quick and clean and he gets away easily and quickly, a way of showing the killers skills.

 

The killer took the arms of the dead person and made it look like he was swimming so the guards would not notice he was dead. A way to show how professional the killer is.