The music plays throughout the opening sequence, using non-diegetic sound. In this case, the music is upbeat and lively, but also blended in is a mixed variety of different car sounds. This is an amplified sound that creates a special effect. Immediately is shows the film is going to have a genre of cars.

In the opening sequence, the mise en scene starts off with a close up of a zebra crossing, then slowly zooming out into a twist whilst panning. By using tracking, it makes the atmosphere that your in the setting. As this is being shown, the first credit is appearing.The camera work uses wipes throughout by credits pushing other credits off the screen. Just before the next credits are being shown, we are told a time which then represents the time of night as the setting is darkened. The credits then continue, they are made to represent cars in traffic along the roads. The roads seem more realistic by having skid marks and spot lights beaming on the road.

Watching the first part of the opening sequence, in the first 3 minutes there were no characters introduced. By starting off with animated techniques, this creates tension in the opening sequence. The credits are shown more graphically by making them more fast moving and yellow so they stand out.

The scene then fades into a different setting which is like a kaleidoscope.This then leads into the actors names and the opening title of the film. When showing the actors names, they appear to be blurry and dissolved into the background, like a kaleidoscope would. In this scene, there are pictures shown on the kaleidoscope which are monkeys. This relates to the film title; Twelve Monkeys.