and grabbing the attention of the viewer. We learn that Jim owes Pando $10,000 for which he will soon be killed, we learn that Jim will give Pando $15.000 if he lets him go (“I'm doing a job tomorrow. Let me go and I'll give you 15"), we learn that Pando is willing to give Jim a chance by letting him try 013, and that Pando really doesn't want to have to kill him but it seems like he has little choice ("sorry Jimmy").The next section of the opening sequence takes us back to what is seemingly the beginning of the film, to the heart of King's Cross. Jim is standing out the front of a strip joint with a friend of his. It seems the two are employed by the club to entice male passer-buyers into the club. Through their dialogue the viewer can deduce that Jim intends on doing some work for someone name Pando, who incidentally is someone 'you don't want to get mixed up with'. The viewer may also conclude that Jim is unhappy with his current line of work and wishes to move up through the King's Cross ‘hierarchy', so to speak, by doing this job.During this scene Jim's relationship with Pando and Alex are established, or re-established in the case of Pando. Jim's first impressions of Alex, an Alex's first impressions of Jim are evident through the production elements involved. Through the use of cuts between and the visual composition of the shots of the pair it is shown to the viewer that these two fancy each other at first glance. The shots cut from a shot of Alex looking at Jim then looking away when Jim notices, to a shot of Jim looking at Alex and giving a smile when he realizes she was looking at him. For the most part of the establishment of their relationship they will be on opposite sides of the screen to each other when filmed in close up. When this is used and with cuts between the two, the viewer is able to further associate them as a couple.Adversely when Jim meets Pando in this scene the emphasis is on how different they...
