DONNIE DARKO FIRST 5 MIN ANALYSIS

• The start gives the non diegetic sound of thunder. This would give the audience the impresion that it is a very dark and stormy film, and gives the hint of it being pyschological.
• The following quiet music (non-diegtic) once again gives the impression that it is a dark film. But this then moves into soft music as Donnie sits up, changing the perspective of the audience to it being calm.
• However once the title is shown there is the non-diegetic thunder. The change plays with the audiences mind.
• The POV shot of Donnie cycling down the hill gives the audience his view. 
• The close up of the sign advertising the haloween carnival is revealing what time of year it is to the audience.
• The tracking shot along the street across the houses is representing a typical american street. And with the music it represents what the perfect American lifestyle would be to the audience.
• As Donnie returns home the camera reveals more to the audience. We see Donnie's family and once again they seem to be living the perfect American lifetstyle. This would make the audience belive all is well at the home.
• With the Darko family at the dinner table in the next shot it seems as though life is still normal to the audience. However the creaking of table and chairs gives the audience the impression that the family is secretive and has nothing to share to one another.
• The close ups of each character at the dnner table gives the audience the chance to see deeper than whats on the outside of each of them.