Resident Evil opening (2002)

Sound

A futuristic voiceover is used as a computer module explaining the basic information you have to know to understand the film

The tense and gripping music used in the scene with the bio-hazardous materials is fast passed

Heavy breathing is heard in the scene showing that the job at hand is very risky and we assume the materials are a biohazard

Mise en scene

The background to the computer module is red with DNA coding; this connotes a perception on science that is foreign

The man is wearing a Biohazard suit, and he is using a robotic device to handle the test tubes, which connotes that the substance is highly infectious

The lab is clinical and sterile with white and grey colours, showing it is a scientific laboratory

Edits

There are few edits in the opening is when the scene changes from the automated message to the actual events with a fade to black, like the events were a flashback

There is a jump shot to the test tube with the blue contents

Camera shots

There is a midshot of the man with wearing the biohazard suit

There are many close ups and extreme close ups of the tubes with the bio-hazardous content

There is an over head shot of the man operating the machinery

Setting

The setting is a sterile government facility which is introduced as the umbrella corporation