Here are my detailed notes on the Opening Sequence, these are why i feel the techniques in the sequence are used.
From Start to End.
- Blurry credits to create tension for the reader.
- Extreme close up of a book in flickering motion - dark image, the pages moved by a blurred hand very slowly, this is to create fear for the reader.
- The 'new line cinema' is in a hand written, scratchy and juttery font like the majority of the credits throughout.
- The Cuts of the credits are fast and hard throughout to increase the pace of the opening.
- The drawing of the old greyscale hands bring back history for the audience as they are so realistic. This alsoemphasizes darkness, the shadows flickering over the hands link to the juttering credits, create fear.
- The main actors in the film have a much clearer credit font, this is emphasize their power in the film, the horror is still kept with the dark background.
From looking at this opening sequence we found that the gothic genre is huge, this is because if done correctly and successfully it can bring great fear upon the audience, another example of a horror genre opening sequence is Wrong Turn, the opening sequence of this film has some characteristics in which our group found highly effective and looked really good on screen, one of these is the way that they have set the film in a forest, we feel that this is the most effective setting for our opening sequence as it brings the greatest amount of fear upon the audience. Wrong Turn Opening Sequence. Below is a timeline of the films opening sequence. Although this opening sequence had no sound/music inserted into it, it still allowed our group to look at the sequence and get a rough idea on how horror genered films presented their credits through their opening sequences.
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