The sequence opens with shots of twitching animals x-rays which fades into murky black and green water, as the camera moves along something which resembles a wall turns out to be the body of a snake but with visable veins. The shot follows the body ans fades out to bubbles and more different skin surfaces. Most of the surfaces are translucent or normal opaque like with the veins visable on top. This helps to convey the science fiction thriller genre as the all the skin and veins provokes the audience to think of animal testing, and the fact that the water is so dark and murky means you cant see where the camera is leading you or what else is in the water. The green hue of all these shots can suggest nature and growth, two main themes of the film as the the experiment of the 'splicing' grows up. The closing shot of the title on skin, shows the skin beating as if it were alive, this could show that the experimenting was succesful.
The typography of the title sequence is part of the images in the shots. All of the actors names are made up of the veins on a section of skin, this can connote of how they are tied to the narrative. The other typography of the crew is a simple classic text partially blurred with the murky water. Neither type of text stands out from what the audience is seeing, this keeps the title sequence thrilling as the audience is forced to focus on the main images.
The soundtrack of the sequence is mainly composed of eerie violin and piono, but is partially muffled as you would hear it underwater, this is parrallell to the images. The music gets more dramatic as the sequence goes on and at the last shot of the moving skin and title a heart beat is heard. This aptly adds to the elements of the science fiction thriller genre.
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