Session 9

Analysis of The Opening Scene

This is to establish the publisher of the film. We may put our logo here. Here there is fuzzing sounds with deep understones, so it seems instantly scary.

This again shows the publisher, where we would put our logo. Here there is a shrieking sound, it emphasises the jumpy nature of the film.

Establishing shot of the abandoned hospital scene. Its upside down, perhaps to reflect the state of the hospital as its abandoned, or the state of the mental patients once in it. it could also be forshadowing the end of the film; it starts upside down and it will end with the characters feeling 'upside down'.

 

The shot begins to spin. This could show that the transition from unusual to normal is smooth, yet unsettling.

 

 

The name of the film becomes apparent before the shot of the hospital is completely the right way up. This suggests that the film is not going to be simple, and things are going to be different.

The opening of the hospital stops and the title fades at the upright image of a chair on the hall. Its scary because the lighting makes you focus on the chair. It creates many questions as to why the chair is there, what the place is, and as its unknown, fear builds.

The scene cuts to a man in his car stuck in traffic, and the camera moves from behind him to in front of him. It makes a direct link between this character and the establishing scene, showing that there will be a link later in the film.