The opening of Doom starts with a view of the stars and a woman’s voice explaining about ‘the ark’. This is intended to make the audience interested in what is going to happen in the story and show when the piece is set, in the case of Doom it is 2046. This is followed by the universal studios logo which is linked to the film by having mars as the back rather than the earth as mars is the setting of the film. During this opening there is a sound similar to that of boiling water this could represent the movement of a space craft moving through space and entering the planets gravitational field. You also hear very faint quiet screams which gets louder as you transfer between the logo which goes into an animated crane shot passing through the wall of the union aerospace corporation olduvai (UAC) research facility.

          After this the screen goes dark for a couple of seconds then a lab coat flies in to shot from right to left meaning to create fear using enigma code creating questions such as where is the scientist, what happened, and why am I seeing it. At a closer look you see that there is a scientist and that this is a shot from under a metal grill walkway. It then shows a man in a low angle long shot wearing a lab coat giving the impression that there is something dangerous bellow him. Over the next few seconds there are many shots of different angles and zooms this effect makes a sense of confusion as it changes from high to low angel shots in fast succession this intends to make the audience feel that the scientists are surrounded. It is only now that the first scientist is attacked on screen to create most fear the audience only sees a muscular arm swing from left to right pulling the man over the edge of the walkway. This shot which lasts for around one second indicates to the audience that the scientists are being attacked by an alien. In the seconds after this all the other scientists are killed except a woman and a man we learn to be Dr Todd Carmack. The camera then dollies with them the woman trips and falls this indicates that she is very scared and emphasises this by showing in the next shot Dr Carmack’s hand holding a security key card shaking this tells the audience that there is very high security in this facility. Carmack then enters a number combination into the door lock all this time you can hear the woman calling Dr Carmack’s name with terror resonating in her voice.

          The camera then shows the door open and Dr Carmack run through again entering the code to shut the door by doing this he is locking the woman out. To show the amount of horror that the woman is facing as the doors shut the woman reaches out and puts her hand through the door then closes on her arm it is then pulled up from the outside and we the audience hear her screaming then her arm is torn off from the other side and falls to the floor. Dr Carmack then turns, ignoring the arm on the floor, to a computer types something in and says there has been a level 5 breach and that quarantine should be implemented this shows to the audience that whatever has escaped was created by them. The foot thick door is then torn open revelling a eight foot tall creature standing in the whole this shows the audience that the creature is very powerful and as it is in darkness you still can’t see it properly.

          All through the last part of the scene there is a heavy beated non-diegetic piece of music in the background this piece of music becomes apparent after the second scientists is killed this music seems to increases the pace of the scene. The music ends when Dr Carmack reaches the door lock.

This is then followed by the title sequence.

All together this scene creates a strong hook for the film as it makes you want to know what happens next.