The title sequence starts with a close up shot of a book; this creates a scene of mystery as nobody knows what the book contains. The camera is mostly placed at a high angle shot looking down on the book revealing what’s written on the pages and showing pictures people that appear to look tortured most inflicted with wounds relaying that fact that there is possibly going to be gore and murderous occurrences in the film. We also see close ups of certain words that are being blocked out by black pen but are half recognizable without looking very closely at the shot as it runs at a fast pace from each shot. The words that are revealed are words such as Homosexual that suggests the mystery person is possibly a psychopath as everything the person does is blocking out people’s faces and words that look like sections from religious prophesies and in a newspaper cutting he specifically removes the word God. It suggests that people have been murdered in the film or are going to be murdered. It also suggests there are religious references throughout due to the religious connotations. Everything shown keeps the audience guessing they could be seen as clues all the different paper clipping the person is seeming to be collecting and adding to what could be a diary or portfolio. There are no long shots in the Title Sequence so this doesn't allow the viewer to see what’s fully going on, reinforcing the fear of the unknown and the mystery of it. Everything in the Title Sequence is only seen from the villains view point so we are looking at the whole thing through his or her eyes.
In this Title Sequence, like what to expect from the film and the overall tone it puts across, which is ominous The lighting in this extract is very dark adding to the ominous tone throughout and there are shadows which could be perceived as someone moving about which keeps the viewer on edge and creates tension. The colours used are very dull and usually consist of brown, grey and black. You can see the words being highlighted in black pens connoting death and bad things. The objects used such as blades and needles make the viewer’s feel uncomfortable and make more of a dark mood, like the shot of the person cutting with a blade their own finger prints off so they can’t be revealed is obviously something someone who has something to hide and could be seen as mentally unstable could be like.
The credits show throughout and the typography help define the genre as they are messy and flicker on the screen, the credits flickering makes the viewer think of the flickering light bulb is about to run out of light, which creates a sense of foreboding. Most of the images shown look as if they’re being doubled but they are blurred, which connotes to the audience that the person that is and the opening sequence is not mentally stable and doesn't see things too clearly.The sound used in the clip, is non digetic but some sounds are made to sound natural. For example, sometimes in this clip, a very high pitched noise occurs which tricks the viewers into thinking its someone screaming, which connotes that there is going to be some kind of attack in the film but it’s all going to circulate around the topic of danger and someone desperate for help and sets the audience up for what’s going to be coming up in the rest of the film. The background music is heavy sounding and is quite fast throughout and carry’s a constant tempo that doesn't really change. This is typical of a thriller movie as it creates suspense.
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