... opening credit sequence opens with a black background perhaps signalling death, and the song 'I can see clearly now' is played over both the opening credit sequence and opening assassination sequence. This song gives off an air of black humour in the mood of the film. This seems very hypocritical because the song is uplifting and the sequence is very violent and serious. This opening credit sequence is significant because it is very plain, the text is white and the background is black. When the name of the film is displayed there is a red line underlining the title, this either signals death or passion even both. There is a story of love in the film which takes the passionate red colour and also there is the story of constant death which could signal blood or death could be signalled by the black background. In the opening assassination sequence I ...

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