Opening sequence analysis
- 3. » The main genre of the film the ring is horror Killer Conventions of The opening Ghost/paranormal life sequence and how it relates Death to horror Creepy music off key
- 4. » The font is not as neat or formal, looks similar to hand writing of a child » The O’s are in the righting seconds after other righting has faded to emphasise the ring . » The animation of the font is jumpy and flashy also emphasising trembling and fear.
- 5. » There's a close-up of the girls hand as she opens the door. » Also a close up shot of the ladies face just before she touches the door knob. The close up shots is used to emotion in her face and show audience the girl is scared and also create suspense.
- 6. » There is a low shot of her feet as she steps into the puddle of water
- 7. » Zoom is one of the movements used when the girl opens the door. The zoom is used also to excite and scare the audience with its fast pace.
- 8. » Non-diagetic sounds • Music sounds like child nursery rhymes which hints the audience movie is about a child • Its slow pace to create suspenseful tone • It then builds pace and becomes more fast and thrilling , its a high pitch tone (relating to screaming) » Diagetic • static sounds (snow) • Sounds of a swing which also hints movie relates to child • Sound of child laughing which echo's to sound ghostly and haunting also hints film has something to do with haunting.
- 9. » When blood shown in glass of water it starts off normal pace then is slowed down it also shows the blood in glass it being reversed
- 10. » Connotation • Chair • water » Denotation • The chair in the open sequence is floating by itself which links to paranormal life also hinting the movie is going to be about ghost • The water is shown being poured in the opening sequence and hints the film has something to do with death by water
- 11. » The opening sequence uses colours like black and blue showing and representing cold and danger.
- 13. » The main genre of the film seven is thriller » It meets the conventions because Music with suspenseful tone Fast pace Conventions of The Character editing which is hiding opening identity jumpy sequence unidentified person
- 14. » The font looks like hand righting of an adult, also it blinks and flashes which emphases fear.
- 15. » The camera shots are mainly close-ups and extreme close-ups to give the viewer bits of information. » There are close-ups of pictures and books and also a unidentified person writing things down which suggest they may be creating something also that the person has knowledge of things since they is researching things .
- 16. » The opening sequence uses canted angles which appears as if someone where looking over the characters shoulder also seems unusual.
- 17. » The camera movement they use is tracking . » It reveals how many books the character has showing the character has researched or is researching into what they are doing
- 18. » Non-diagetic • Slow pace music to create suspenseful tone » Diagetic • There are scratches of records being played
- 19. » They use many transitions such as overlapping, fade in, fade out. This is overlapping transition as show in the picture one scene is overlapping the other.