Red Dragon directed by Brett Ratner
In the pre-opening sequence of Red Dragon, the first scene shows Hannibal Lecter watching an orchestra playing in a theatre. A crane shot sweeps over the audience showing the juxtaposition of Hannibal showing he is an important character. His body language is also important because, when one of the musicians makes a mistake, he twitches his eyes showing that has become offended by the mistake. This automatically creates a link between Hannibal and the musician because, Hannibal feels musician must be punished for offending him.
The next scene is where Hannibal is in his house with dinner guests as they hear news that a musician has dissapeared. While Hannibal circles around the guests, one them uses the word "herd" which is quite ironic because, as Hannibal circles around his guests, they represent a herd and Hannibal represents a herd leader. Also the setting inside Hannibal's house is quite british and old fashioned. This could show that Hannibal is of a high class within society and he is important.
In the next scene, Hannibal welcomes a new character by calling him "special agent Graham". This could show that both characters are important because, it shows that the FBI agent is important within crime solving, and it shows that Hannibal is a professional and important man within society. The lighting on the characters is also key as it establishes which character is good and which one is bad. There is a bright yellow light shining on the FBI agent showing he is good, however with Hannibal, it is slightly dark showing he is an evil character.
The final part of this sequence is the tooth fairy's scrapbook with shocking images. One of the images shows the human anatomy linking to a dragon which is very significant with the Tooth Fairy as it shows a transformation of a human to a red dragon. This is also shown by a religious reference shown underneath the images. Also, the titles are shown in the colours red and white. Again this another reference between the difference of good and evil.
How to lose a guy in 10 days directed by Donald Patrie
In the opening sequence, special lighting is used to identify the genre of the film and what type of mood is present. The lighting is very bright and shines on the character Andie. This gives the audience an idea that atmosphere is quite bright and happy because, there is no dark colours identifying that the genre is a Rom Com. Also, the fact that the character Andie is in the center of the audiences view (juxtaposition) showing that the film is obviously tageted for women, imlying it is a Rom Com.
Horror analyses - Inidious directed by James Wan (2010)
In the opening scene of Insidious the lighting is artificial and is very dark. The artificial lighting could indicate that the insident, which is about to happen within the scene, is in a domestic home and due to it being so dark. It could also imply that a dark force or energy is present in the vulnerable child's home. Also within the titles, there are numerous child toys present such as a rocking horse. This has cleverly been used by the director to make the scene seem innocent which makes the viewer restless or scared as they don't expect anything bad to occur.
As the scene takes us into a creepy bedroom, the director shows further uneasiness by using a handheld camera angle, in order to make it look like a piont of view shot. This automatically puts the viewr inside the film, which will create tension, due to this shot making it seem more realistic and scary for the viewer.
The director uses the technique of sound well aswell. The incidental music played in the scene when an antagist becomes present is like broken orchestra strings being played. This horrifying creepy music is brilliant for the scene as send an impulse of chills down the viewers body making them feel restless and nervous for what's about to happen.
The cuts in the opening are very slow and definately not seamless, which unusual but clever. This carries on the slow build of tension within the scene which is great because, it makes the viewer feel nervous longer through the, which is what the objective of a horror film is, to create tension within the audience.
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