Comparison to Donnie Brasc

+ The cartoon tiger at the opening of the text introducing the production company. The tiger becomes real and jumps through the ring in the centre of the screen, upon roaring.
+ The use of white font on a black background is also used in Donnie Brasco in order to establish the genre for the rest of the narrative.
+ Donnie Brasco also used location shots in order to reinforce the setting of the text. Thus, helping to engage and guide the audience through the narrative.
Whereas Donnie Brasco used more shots of CU’s, MS’s and ECU’s. This was apparent in the shot after the title sequence where an ECU is used to show the characters eye. Thus, helping to lead into the upcoming scene, whilst establishing that he will become a crucial character within the text.
Whereas, Donnie Brasco used slow pace editing through the majority of the opening sequence in order to dominate the shots to obtain more ‘thrillerness’ rather than action.