6. Opening sequence analysis

Milka Erko

Opening sequence analysis

Font/Title

Hand writing: shows us little clips of it, as if it is a puzzle

Doctors note

Text Chainsaw Massica

Camera shots Close up: makes the audients see the mans face expression, even though u can only see his eyes

Extreme shot: we can only see his eyes, as it makes it more creepy, as we cant see his whole face expression

Establishment shot

Camera Angel

Crane

Low angle

Non-diagetic Diagetic

Sound

Camera Movements

Hand hold: the way the camera is not steady, shows us that someone is holding the camera

Zoom in

Special effects

CPR

Slow motion

Black & white Warm colours Non-liner DimshockedDeny Murderer

Editing/pace

The close up shots, and the way they don’t show us the whole sentence, courses enigma, as they are trying it to be like a puzzle

Targeted audients

The targeted audients for this film are people aged form the age of 16-30, also people who enjoy creepy and gory films, as there are a lot of scenes, where people are getting hurt, and suffering

How the sequence courses enigma

Psycho Font/ titles

Slice cutting – emphasises title

Reminding of prison cells, trapped

Contrast of font size

Font used in newspapers (very clear)

Psycho Genre : horror/thriller

Sound o Diagetic Fast Violent Strings (high pitched) Relation to screaming

Editing/pace speedy Creates tension

Images

Denotation : horizontal lines

Connotation : trapped, prison bars

Who is the target audience for this opening sequence?

People who enjoy watching old horror big option of it being black and white due to the

colours used at the beginning How does this opening sequence create

enigma? No use of image music very suspicious itself Just words Not colourful