I Am Legend is a Thriller and its opening sequence establishes this very well. At the beginning we are presented with a black screen and we hear a narrator (The Survivor). This creates enigma because the audience are curious and want to know what is going on.
The non-diegetic soundtrack is parallel to the footage being played because it’s very slow and quite ominous. The diegetic sound during the first few shots is calm and can be seen as positive because we hear birds tweeting. However this may also represent death in this immense emptiness of this city.
The introduction of Will Smith's character mirrors that the film will be a thriller or an action of some sorts. This is because he represents a typically fit, handsome protagonist. He is also shown with a gun. The gun is symbolic as it portrays the genre of this film and also may symbolise that there is a sense of danger, there is a threat after the people of New York. This idea is reinforced further when the camera moves to a broken down bill board that says ‘God still loves us’ this portrays something sinister, something bad is going to happen.
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