The film begins with a quote by someone that involves butterflies. It follows to a long shot of a dark office where Evan is breaking in hiding from the police. Moreover the first movie scene starts with hiding and rushing. It dives straight into the plot however we don't know whats happening as the first scene is actually the end of the film and it's telling us what happened to get to that point. They use many mid shots in the beginning when he is alone and a match on action shot when he writing on the piece of paper so the audience know what he's doing. It keeps flipping from Evan to the police back to Evan as he's hiding. An extreme close up is used on the notepad, this tells the viewer that it is an important part of the film.They then use the final words "save her" and graphic match it into butterflies that become to title sequence. The colours used so far are dark, blue, black to create a gloomy atmosphere. The non-diegetic music used first off causes great amounts of tension as it creates a build up and then it changes to a hurried/tense music and matches his actions as he is in a rush. We can hear police man shouting whilst Evan is reading aloud what he is writing in his notepad.
After the title, there is a long shot of a street in broad daylight which is an unusual parallel to what we have just seen. There are people on their bikes and walking this relaxes the audience as it's everyday life. They have used quite a suburban area where there are a lot of houses and families, there is greenery and a well-looked-after area. They used a crane shot to create a steady shot so it isn't handheld and shaky. In this scene, a soft piano music has been used to create a relaxed and calm atmopshere so the audience can feel at ease. We then see it's gone back in time 13 years by the subtitles.
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