Analysis of Lost Highway Opening

The opening scene to Lost Highway is introduced with a jumpy, fast paced image of a road with headlights jumping around. The vehicle being depicted is obviously driving very fast and this connotes danger and the possibility of someone being injured. 

There's bright yellow stripes in the middle of the road which are vivid in contradiction to the darkness of the road and the bright lights from the car. This suggests to the audience that there's a situation in which people need to be driving recklessly. This is fitting of the thriller genre as risks are being taken and this puts the audience on edge. 
The titles zoom into the screen as if from the distance, the font used is bright yellow - which fits in with the theme of yellow that is seen on the road - in capital letters and in a sans-serif font which indicates that the movie is modern. The font used bares a resemblance to road signs and the painted writing found on roads. The theme of roads is therefore continued and sets up the semantic field of the movie to the audience. 

The incidental music in the opening to Lost Highway is very fast paced and has lots of layers of heavy techno beats and drums. The fast rhythm reflects the actions that are being displayed on screen. Also, the titles zoom into view in time to the music which holds the opening together well. 

The title of the film appears in a much bigger font than the other titles. This allows the audience to remember the title and depicts the importance and significance of the title to the film.