Analysis of the first 2 minutes of The Transporter

The Transporter was released in 2002; it is a French action film, the film stars Jason Statham who is the 'Transporter'. He basically is a paid getaway driver or if something needs moving, criminals contact him. To begin with in the first 2 minutes the titles are show on a green barcode scanner type shot, the information that is included in this title are the Production company, UNE Production Europacorp, it then fades so you can see an underground car park and another title is shown with, TP1 Film Production on. A sleek black BMW then comes into view parked in this empty car park on its own. The camera seems to pass a concrete pillar so the screen goes black, but they have used this as a clever editing method and now the shot goes closer to the BMW showing more detail, allowing you to see a man sitting in the drivers seat. This tells the audience that the vehicle is of some importance. It does the method again and gets closer to the car, from what you can see it looks like an ordinary BMW. The music is quite deep, but its calm and cool. The camera then moves over to behind the BMW with a Dolly movement and shows a close up of the number plate. The camera follows the shape of the car until it is looking into the car through the passenger side. The title of the film, 'The Transporter', is then shown over the top of this for a few seconds. You then here an alarm going off and the man sitting in the front seat lifts up his arm and its his watch, it then flashes to the watch as he turns the alarm off, the watch is high quality showing that maybe the man is rich, also the way he wears a suit suggests this. He is clean-shaven and seems very cool. The alarm has signaled that he has to do something now as he puts on his seatbelt and some leather driving gloves. At this point you cannot tell if this man is a good guy or a bad guy, as he seems to be very professional but in an evil sort of way. He types a code into the dashboard and the car starts, this is a cool gadget and it will help get the target audience, Males aged 16 - 35, interested as it is very cool. It then flashes to the front of the car as he turns on the lights; this is very dramatic and signals something is going to happen. It then flicks to a close up of his hands on the steering wheel; his hands tighten as if he is going to drive quickly. The car then starts to pull away, some very dramatic music then comes on, it has a drum for the baseline, and this is almost like a drum roll, making the audience anticipate that something is going to happen. You then see him drive out of the car park onto a road, in a sunny place by the sea. This is the first shot of where the film could be set. The next shot is an establishing shot over the whole city. In conclusion the first 2 minutes is good as it helps build tension due to the music and the mysterious man, however there is nothing that grabs the full attention of the viewer or makes them want to watch it.