Dexter (2006) Opening Sequence

Dexter is an excellent example of symbolism being used to hint at themes and narratives. They have filmed his morning routine in a way that suggests murder and violence. They have also increased the volume of certain parts of it (such as when he is cutting into some meat/ squeezing and orange), which I think would be a great feature to mimic.

When a knife cuts into the meat we are made to think that it is cutting into human flesh, which is quite gruesome and shocks the audience.

A blood orange is used here as a pose to a normal orange as it looks more like the insides of a person. The sound of the orange being squeezed is emphasized so that it makes it sound even more like human flesh is being cut into it. A blood orange would be easy and cheap for us to get hold of and would work really well in our sequence.