A History Of Violence 2005

The director/editor in A History of Violence has chosen not to add any non-diegetic sounds in the opening scene, until the second scene. However, what intrigued me was how they have increased the diegetic sounds which in my opinion was to create suspense and uncertainty. This uncertain/anxious feeling provides us with a clue towards the narrative, which something brutal and inhumane is going to be foreshadowed. We later find out in the next scene that all three motel workers have been killed cold blooded. They've chosen to use white and bold credits in the opening scene. These credits seem almost peculiar to use in a film like this. We could even suspect the plain bold credits are linked to the two character's very eccentric behavior.