Gone In Sixty Seconds opening sequence

The movie starts with the production company credits but the action is imediately merged with the title sequence; The Jerry Bruckheimer logo is played in reverse and the road depicted in it turns into a clock hand on a stop watch, all of which is accompanied by the sound of a racing engine, the title 'Gone In Sixty Seconds' appears soon after. This shows the connection between the cars in the film and how little time the characters have to aquire them.

The next song begins and the title credits roll, this song starts off sounding sort of old and homely which fits with the pictures of Randall 'Memphis' Raines and his family in better times, pictures show him working with his father on old cars and this explains his love of cars and his choice of lifestyle later in life. Many other characters are introduced such as Helen Raines and Kip Raines (Randalls mother and younger brother respectively).

The music changes after a short period to a more sinister and agressive tone and this is accompanied by a change in colour from green to red, indicating that bad things happened to Randall (and/or his brother) and he was tempted by the easy money of stealing cars, this is backed up by the appearance of numerous tools that could be used to steal cars on the worktop in later shots. In one shot several statuettes of mary are seen, they are immediately followed by several demonic figurines and the camera view is saturated in red showing the good and evil sides of Randall and his brother.

Eventually a picture of a Porsche Carrera is revealed and then blends into a shot of a real Porsche Carrera in a car dealership. This helps to keep the action fluid rather than have a hard switch between the two shots.

Kip and some of his gang appear, looking for a Porsche Carrera on the corner of the road, they later realise that the car they were tipped off about is in fact the Porsche Carrera inside the dealership. Kip then steals the car in a very daring getaway, he even challenges another man to a race. This whole sequence helps to introduce characters and their personalities, It also shows how unwise and hot headed Kip can be and helps to explain to the viewer how he came to be in the situation he is in.

In this scene light is used to represent class, Kips gang is in an old dark car but the new porshe is in a well lit dealership and is kept in immaculate condition. Also the light helps to focus the viewers attention and show them what should be focused on. Sound is also used; as Kip breaks the glass door of the dealership an alarm goes off, this shows how obvious Kip is making himself and how unproffesional this is.