assignment 6
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Assignment 6: Opening sequence analysis
By Debbie Marques
The ring Genre : Horror/Thriller
HandwrittenUnstable movemente Children’s writting
Font/titles
Camera shots
Closeup shot
Creats tension to the audience
The ring Camera angle
Low angle
Mid angle(seeming someone is in front of her)
Camera movement
Fast zoom (very sudden)
The ring Sound
o Non Diagetic : nursery rhyme
o Diagetic : camera flashes, waterdrops, snow on tv (ghostly)
The ringSpecial effects
Tv snow
Blood and the water creating enigma Colour blue
(cold enviroment, unwelcoming)
Transitions
Fast forwarding
Fade out
The ringEditing/pace
Non linear
Fast forwarding Slow motion to show the blood
Denotation : girl shouting
Connotation : showing fright
The ring mise-en-ceene and conventions
School uniform Innocent girl
Body language Shivering
Light very dim, some black and white scenes,some use of colour(red)
The ringWho is the target audience for this opening
sequence? People from 15 to 25 Age of the girl Most common people to watch this kind of
horror. How does this opening sequence create
enigma? Starts with lack of sound just hear her
breathing, Non linear Slow pace creates suspense
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
psychoDenotation : horizontal lines
Connotation : trapped, prison bars
Who is the target audience for this opening sequence? People who enjoy watching old fashioned horror
big possibility of it being black and white due to the colours used. How does this opening sequence create enigma? No use of image music very suspicious itself
Gattaca Genre : Drama Font/titles Bible
quotes
Something to do with religion
Under the sea or sky
White and blue very calming .
Camera angle
Low angle
Mid angle
Gattaca Camera shots
close up shot
Long shot
Extreme closeup shot
Long shot
Gattaca SoundDiagetic : calm music Sad (death)
Non diagetic : EchoPapers flying Door shutting
Fire starting Shaving Scrubbing
Gattaca Transitions
Fade out
Fade in
Pace/lighting slow
Suspicious
Warm
Welcoming
Started Ending
Blues sugesting cold
Yellows suggesting comfort
Gattaca Denotation: dropping sticks
Connotation: symbol of beating, death
Mise-en-ceene Costume : robe Body language: relaxed,calm Props : needle
GattacaWho is the target audience for this
opening sequence? 16 to 45 people interested in science
and suspense Involves chemicals, seems
psychological
How does this opening sequence create enigma?
Tells a story but in puzzle form What is he doing to his finger ? What is the liquid he puts on his leg ? What is the blood for ?