DayBreakers Opening Sequence Review

The follow is a step by step review of the opening to the movie 'Ginger Snaps'. I watched the opening and chose these 8 stills to talk about.
You can find a video for the opening sequences here.

1. The establishing shot is a pan shot of dusk in which a bat swoops across the screen. Obviously a bat is a classic connotation of vampiric things. i think that the combination of dawn coming and a bat flying fast away from it is an effective way of setting the genre straight away. It almost does create a sense of mystery as the audience want to know what kind of world this is happening in.
2. Here we have an over the shoulder shot of a little girl who we know nothing about (except that she is writing something), the character is looking at a collage of pictures of herself and friends, with little flower lights all over the wall.. A slightly depressing tone is created, this comes around as the lighting in the room is very dark and gloomy and the lighting on the wall of collages is very bright with all the colours standing out. I feel that this makes it seem as though the girl is reflecting on happier times (the collage being these happier times).
3. This is a still medium shot of the girl placing the sheet of paper we saw her writing on nearer the beginning  This makes the audience curious of what this note is and what it symbolizes.  The note is made to seem important, as the lighting is very brightly directed towards it makes it seem like its something important. Also the audience don't know why she is leaving a note in the first place.
4. This long shot, down a dark mysterious corridor, shows the girl opening a door to a to a very bright exterior place. This image connotes many things, i believe that the most important connotation that comes from this is as follows; i seems as though that the place outside the building is in someway alien to the little girl. This comes as a result of the contrast lighting between indoor and outdoor, also the acting style of the girl is very slow and nervous, almost fear of what might happen.
5. This shot is a medium shot of the girl sitting slumped in the middle of what appears to be a driveway, the audience is drawn into look at the girl, because all the plants and foliage is being blown into the middle of the screen, also the focusing of the camera draws the eyes of the audience into the center as the the camera is focused on the girl and is bluring the surrounding slightly. The design of the set, what with having most things starting or ending down the center, which is obscured by the girl.
6. This shot is a close up shot of the girls face, this is the first time we actually see face in the flesh, one thing you could say is that she looks a lot older here than in the collage in the 2nd pic. This shot is made a bit creepy and eerie, this feeling is made by the complexion of the girl, who is very pale (more so than in the collage), also her eyes, they are a slightly golden colour, what makes this creepy is how they are the most colourful part of the whole frame, also the way she has a very wide eyed stare is rather odd and as such connotes some sort of paranormal thing going on.
7. This extreme close up of the sheet of paper comes in a montage of shots, showing different words. The words are very depressing, and connote the idea that the girl (who we know wrote it because we saw her do so), is unhappy with things.The words never 'grow up' are rather suspicious, by now the audiences suspects that the girl is a vampire, what  with the tone created, the girls eyes and complexion, the sighting of the bat and the lighting. I think that this just boosts the idea. Also at this point the music is starting to swell up and build, possibly a pointer to a big thing/ event coming up.
8. This is a medium shot of the girl being burned by the sunlight. This is the strongest indicator yet that the girl is a vampire, for starters she is burning in the sunlight (a commonly conceived weakness of vampires), and secondly because we can see her teeth, which are fang like. This shot is made disguising, through the graphic visual death of the girl, and the piercing scream that echos around.

Overall this scene uses many little hinters as to the genre the whole way through the scene, i feel this pays off every effectively. There is little to no information given away as to the plot or to any characters (The little girl has no role in  the main film). The tone of the clip is very depressing and reflective, caused by the screen play and the camera angles and lighting. The audience will be confused for most of it and not really understand what is going on throughout the sequence.