1408 Opening Sequence Analysis

14 seconds - Black screen with wording "Dimension Films Present"
29 seconds - Road appears with a long shot on a car, low key lighting to the left in the form of lamp posts and its raining. Wording "John Cusack" appears on screen, very dark sets the mood.
35 seconds - Camera panning across screen. "Samuel L Jackson" name appears on screen along with the car moving closer to the camera
43 seconds - Car brakes then comes to a stop as the title "1408" fades into shot.
46 seconds - High angled shot on the car stopping besides sign emphasises its vulnerable.
53 seconds - Close up on male character shinning flash light inside car.
56 seconds - Point Of View (POV) on male shinning torch on the sign.
59 seconds - Close up on male looking at map
70 seconds - Car reverses and turns around.
75 seconds - Car pulls up to house in the woods.
77 seconds - Names of actors are still appearing on screen.
84 seconds - Weather becomes worse as male walks across the bridge.
91 seconds - More actors names appearing on screen
94 seconds - Becomes obvious that someone may be spied on the man due to the camera shot.
97 seconds - Switch in shots also shows a switch in mise-en scene as the man enters what looks to be a hotel.
100 seconds - sound of bell suggests the setting of a hotel.
107 seconds - Dialogue exchanged between two characters "Mike checking in"
113 seconds - Shot reverse shot on the two males at the desk.
119 seconds - Man at desk says "You probably want to hear about our haunted history"