In the opening of Compulsion (2013), the audience are shown extreme close ups of the fallen hero chopping vegetables and preparing a meal. The colours white and red are very prominent in this montage, which symbolises the clash of innocence, lust, and danger - which are also prominent themes in the film, such as Saffron's innocence and how she left behind her life as a child actress and is now trying to make her way doing writing. Lust and danger relates to Heather Graham's character, Amy, as she knows how to use her sexuality to her advantage, but also to get what she wants in terms of manipulation and violence, as she kills her husbands parrot when he cheats on her and supposedly kills Saffron, her new girlfriend, and feeds her to the detective at the end of the film.
In the opening, there are a wide variety of shots which display different types of cinematography, which makes the audience feel like they've been immersed in Amy's obsessive cooking, which is made to be something very intimate and attractive.
The voice over talks about how cooking is "supposed to make you feel something", which also relates back to the effect on the audience and how intimate and special cooking is to her. This also relates back to the lustful attitude Amy has with her husband at first and then later Saffron.
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