opening sequence film analysis
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film analysis of texas chainsaw massacreTRANSCRIPT
INA FRANCIA BAYSON
Opening Sequence of Texas Chainsaw Massacre
Genre and Conventions
Genre: Horror Thriller Mystery
Conventions Blood and Gore Murder News in papers about what
is happening Dark introduction (Lighting
and Music in background)
Video and Still Images
This is the YouTube video I have seen: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E4RgkSMXyLY
A mysterious character, wants you to really see what he looks like
A wounded or bloody hand or a child
Shows that something happened there, but don’t know what
Still Images
Deserted town, showing a mysterious aura
Chains with blood, telling that there’s been violent things happening
A picture of a baby, giving the audience the urge to find who this is
Dark room showing that something bad is happening
Font
Joint handwriting
• Can show that someone is researching about human body
• Writing a form for hospital work or someone is getting admitted in a hospital
Camera shots/angle/movement
Establishing shot
Show where the film is set, the time, the mood of the film
Long Shot
Shows where the filming is and the scene around it
Extreme Close-up
Shows the characters emotions, feels scared
Sound
Non-Diagetic is sounds that used in the background when filming, and it is the sound effects to make the scene much effective.
The Non-Diagetic sound that was used in the background for the film that goes low, high, fast or slow.
Making the heart beat faster
Transitions
They used a fade/dissolve transition on some of the clips shown in the video.
Special Effects and Editing/Pace
• Slow motions• Flashback
Showing a form of someone from the past.
Flashback
Special Effect
Editing/Pace
There are different kinds of cuts used in the opening sequence such as:• Fast Cuts• Slow Cuts
How this scene change fast
Images
Denotation- is what the audience is seeing on the screen/frame.
Connotation- is what the picture on the screen means.
Denotation-A picture of a man on fire.
Connotation-It can mean that a person is burning a memory of him/her or memory of a dead person
Target Audience
Age group: 15 and upThe age group that could take blood,
violence, killing people which are not censored unlike other films.
Teenagers loves getting scared to death on films, and its good to think who will be the suspect for the whole film.