The Usual Suspects - Opening Scene

This is the opening for 'The Usual Suspects'. I've never seen or heard of this film before but from what I've seen I'm rather intrigued by it. We can tell that the opening seems to be the end of the film or just something which will be explained later on because it does not really give you any clues as to what is happening. It is set on a ship and we see three characters, one of which is dead. We then see a black figure come into the frame, shown from a low angle shot and this is someone who we do not see the face of throughout the whole opening scene. I feel that this aids the mystery and thriller of the whole opening. After the two remaining characters exchange some dialogue, the black figure pulls out a gun and the whole camera shot moves away from the scene. We then hear a couple of gun shots go off, which is shown while switching from one location to another. After the second gun shot goes off, non-diagetic sounds start to become louder. We can tell that the music builds to a crescendo and  the pace gets faster. This is because the mystery black figure has set parts of the boat alight, including the character he just killed. Again, this helps to make you wonder as to why this person has done this and what his reason is.