Genre Research- Gone Girl

Gone Girl-2014
Directed by: David Fincher
Starring: Ben Affleck and Rosamund Pike
It had a production budget of 61 million and grossed over 167.8 million dollars in the U.S. and Canada as well as a total of 369.3 million worldwide. 
The film received many positive views, earning an 87% of Rotten Tomatoes.
Gone Girl was nominated for an Oscar and four Golden Globe awards, as well as many other awards.
The opening of the film begins with the Twentieth-Century fox and Regency company logos, which takes about twenty seconds total. Next, as we see the directors name, a male voice-over is heard and a fade in shows someone, presumably the person speaking, stoking a blonde head of hair. The internal dialogue from the voice-over makes the audience realize that something bad happened or will happen, and paired with the suspenseful music sets the tone. The blonde woman then looks up as the screen fades to black and the voice-over states, "what have we done to each other." This creates an ominous feeling and makes the audience wonder what happened. After the fade-out, the main actors names are shown as well as the title of the film put over a long-shot of a river or lake. Several establishing shots of the film show an empty suburban town and more actors names appear on screen. The names of the casting directors, sound and music designers, costume designer, film editor, production designers, photography director and producers are then shown over the shots of the town. Lastly, there is a mid shot of a man standing alone in front of a house. The names of the author, screenwriter, and director are put on the screen. As the man walks towards the house, the words, "July 5th, The morning of," appear and the screen fades to black. This opening has shown that something bad is going to happen on July 5th and it could possibly have to do with the blonde woman. It is a very intense and creepy opening that makes the audience want to know what happened and who did it.