We Need To About Kevin Opening Sequence

The sequence opens up with a rattling sound that is repetitive throughout the film. It’s not clear what the sound is but it’s quite an intense sound and after watching the film I think it sounds like blood squirting out of someone due to the end of the film and what is revealed. As the mysterious sound is going you see a curtain slowly drifting in a dark room. It makes the scene rather intense along with the sound as you would expect something to jump out (if it was a horror film). The scene doesn’t seem to fit in with the rest of the opening sequence but you see what the scene is linked to towards the end of the film. As the camera zooms closer to the curtain it gets whiter and then fades into a strange scene where Eva is getting thrown around by a huge amount of people in a tomato field. It is apparent that this scene is to show the fun and freedom Eva had before Kevin but at first it’s unclear what it happening. All the tomato juice that everyone seems to be covered in represents blood, which is linked with the massacre Kevin did. This is the first use of the colour red to be used in the film, it goes on to have much more use of red, especially on Eva. While Eva is getting carried by men and then placed to the ground (a bit like how the victims are carried out of the school on stretchers) you can hear people in the background shouting ‘killer’ and ‘murderer’ and it’s unclear why but as she is covered in tomato juice representing blood it foreshadows stuff to come. You can also hear arrows In the background which is how Kevin killed his victims. The scene is quite unsettling as the people are crowded, people are shouting and the music is very loud. The amount of people that are crowded in the tiny area covered in tomato juice could also represent the people involved in Kevin’s massacre and how they could escape from the gym due to being severely locked in. After the scene ends it goes onto to show Eva is her house with red paint all over her house and various shades of red all over her house, which is a key editing feature used throughout the film. She lies down and seems distressed, showing that this is a flashback.