The lighting throughout is dark, with only street lamp and industrial lighting used to recreate realism as a natural night-time scene. The costume of the main character who is driving the car is a long dark coat and trilby hat - the kind of costume associated with spies as their identity is well hidden. This is proved by this sequence as we are quite unaware of the character's appearance/identity which makes him appear mysterious and perhaps connotes that he's a dangerous figure. The use of camera angles and shots is usually mid-shot/long shots which allows the viewer to fully grasp the action which is occurring but again creates an air of mystery as the audience aren't exposed to anything such as facial expression, in great detail.
The music begins fast paced and excited during the car scene but becomes slower when the man arrives at his destination which creates tension by portraying that something is about to happen at this destination and the real story is about to begin, this also draws in the viewer.
Editing uses a lot of cross-fade techniques which is a simple and effective way of getting from one scene to another. I found particularly interesting, at the start of the opening the fade transition between the Los Angeles Railway Maintenance sign and the 'Go' sign which begins the manic car driving.
This opening sequence is definitely effective as the introduction to a thriller movie as its intensely mysterious nature leads us into wanting to know a lot more...
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