For my film opening I would like to choose the horror genre. The following clips embedded will help me select small techniques that I can use in my own film opening, but also make it look as professional as cinema films.
Jessica's Room. - 2013.
The first selected film is Jessica's room. The beginning of this clip starts straight into a hand held camera work of a man as he acts like he is filming the scene himself. The quality of this camera work but also editing draws the audience in with reality as if this film was real, the fact that the hand held camera was still used through out till the younger girl killed the father, the audience become really focused as they feel the build up but also listen to the dramatic music being used. The beginning was only shown to reveal the text 'In memory of our friend, John Street'. This gives the audience the interpretation that the film is based on a true story. The credits and the title start two minutes through after the brief meeting with the father and child. The only name used was the daughters but not as an introduction to the camera as if they were talking the audience, this creates the audience to feel unease and full of questions as the brief description of 'three exorcisms' was the only information given. To help me with my own film opening, I would like to use the hand held camera work to give my audience the sense of reality, but I would also like to use the out of focus lines editing to make the audience believe that the 'camera is messing up' and the 'video is going'. This would keep their attention. The only thing about this film opening itself was the lighting that was not used very well, I will keep this is mind when filming mine so I know the audience can keep attached to the film as they can actually see what is happening through out.
The Haunting in Connecticut:
The second selected film I have watched the opening of is The Haunting in Connecticut. I really enjoyed the opening of this film as it really lured me in. The beginning of this film, the institutional information was shown. After this the sound of a piano gently playing started, this would have given the audience an automatic response of relating the film to young children. To continue this film opening photos were faded one after another of family members together looking extremely sad. The fact that all these photos are in sepia colour, creates the audience to link them back to the olden centuries when photography first came out. This all changes when quick flash in and flash outs of movement and different noise is shown. These quick clips that come through between each photo is of tools or someone sewing the skin to the body being revealed and blood pouring onto the floor. The noise creates more tension because the sound of cutting and clanging of metal is played against the sweet piano noise creating a big contrast and unease feel upon the audience. This would draw them in even more as they would not want to stop watching with the fact that they're questioning whether the sad photos of the people would link in with the close up clips of surgery and blood being poured to the floor. More tension is created after this when photos are being shown of either the people being dead or the living holding the dead as if they were still alive. This slightly answers the audiences questions and views with facts but not enough for them to know everything. This creates suspense when the title comes up and the opening scene of the film plays back like a flash back. What I enjoy about this film opening is the way the photos are connected with the body surgery which is shown in close up view. The piano playing in the background to put the audience unease really works well as well when the surgery noises are played against. It all gives the audience an ambiguous meaning. I also like the way the quick flashes of blackness is used to change from photo to photo but also to the movie action, keeping the audiences on their toes. For my film opening, I would like to use the black flashes between each scene as it keeps the audience close and their emotions wild. I would also like to use the close up actions of blood spilling and the noises of instruments against the non-diegetic sound.
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