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In the title sequence the shots show the production company, the main actors of the film, the presenter of the film Samuel Hadida, the title sequence also tells the audience that the film is based off of a game created by Konami, they also show the producer is Don Carmody.
The titles are shown to the side of a shot and they aren’t in the middle of the shot, the typography used in the title sequence is plain to suit the fact that the opening title sequence is shown in black and white. The titles are to the side of the shot so that the audience can see the images that the director has put in the shot because they are important to introducing the audience to the setting of the film and some of the characters of the film.

The camerawork of the title sequence is unusual because the camera is used to disorientate the audience but not so much that it is uncomfortable for the audience. The editing in the film is slow because the shots are mostly linked in the same setting, the editing is only shots but they are fades to black. They use sound to create tension for the audience, the sound changes to sharp and soft to build tension. The Mise en scene in the scene is used to show the audience the chaos of the scene because the
characters use syringes and butcher knives to fight which shows that they panicked to find a weapon, the fact that the weapons are syringes, show the audience that the setting of the film is a hospital.

The sequence indicates that the genre of the film is gory, horror, this is shown because of how in each of the shots, a ripped apart or abnormal human is shown, the fact that it was shown in black and white shows that the genre of the film is horror, especially because of how only key objects were lit to build tension. The sequence suggests that the film is about a hospital where something has gone wrong which has caused people to turn into monsters that are abnormal. The sequence created plenty of enigmas like what the creature is who is killing these people, this is created in the second shot because it is lit so that the audience can only see the outline of the creature and not the detail of what it looks like. Another enigma that is created is what caused this to happen or who caused it, this is created by the fact that the audience
can only see the monsters and not how they were created.

The sequence engages your interest because the opening title almost looks like it is one continuous shot and how it shows you these monsters but you want to know more about what they do and how they were created. It also engages my personal interest because I am into gory movies so the fact that the camera shows the audience the detail of what the creatures are made of, like the big monster is made of multiple human arms and legs and it shows how the arms and legs are stretched and that the skin is missing in some parts so you can only see the muscle on the arm/leg.

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In this shot the camera shows the audience a moving image,
the moving image is an antagonist of the movie, it is in a dark corridor where
all the lights are hanging down and some of them are out. This shows the
audience that most of the setting of the film will contain little light and
that only important areas will be lit up to create tension. At the end of this
shot the antagonist in the shot swings at the camera and that signals the end
of the title sequence, this creates tension for the audience because they feel
like they were the character who the antagonist killed. It also gets the
audience prepared for the tension of the movie.

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In this shot the camera has finally revealed to the audience
what the figure in one of the previous shot is, we can see that this is
possible one of the antagonists that is part of the film. We can also see that
it is about to eat someone, this shows us that the writer wants the enemies of
the film to be monsters that eat people so that the audience is scared after
watching the film.

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In this scene we can see a group of heads pilled together
with something coming out of their eyes and mouths. This shows the audience
that the film is going to contain lots of gore and horror. This also creates an
enigma for the audience as they don’t know what is happening to these people in
the hospital or how it was caused. In this shot the lighting is used to clearly
show the audience what is happening to these heads, unlike in the previous shot
where the audience couldn’t see clearly what was happening in the shot.

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In this shot the director introduces us to the genre of the
film; we can see that the film is going to be an apocalyptic film as the body
in the shot is a mutant with multiple human bodies put together. The shot also
creates an enigma of what the creature actually is, or whether it is just a
group of dead bodies put together and isn’t a creature at all. This is because
of the use of lighting in the shot and how the lighting is behind the figure so
the audience can’t clearly see what the figure is.

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This shot is effective because it disorientates the audience
because of the camera rotating to reveal what’s happening in the shot. This
shot is used to introduce the audience to the setting of the film, from this
shot the audience can see that one of the settings of the film is a hospital,
we can see this because of the hospital bed in the shot and the operation
lights. The shot tells the audience that the film is a gory thriller, this is
because the bodies in the shot are in pieces as a hand is in the air and isn’t
attached to a body.

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An effective thriller opening contains multiple conventions in order to produce a certain atmosphere for their audience. Certain conventions to make an effective thriller opening contains sound which builds tension effectively by building up the volume and pace of the music, another convention of sound that can create tension for the audience is by using and adding in an out of tune instrument, certain instruments that create the most tension successfully are pianos and string instruments like violins create the perfect noise when they are out of tune which creates tension because it can be linked to certain images like a creaking door which creates tension.

Another convention of a thriller opening that creates tension is the use of the opening credits of the film. For example when the opening titles are shown for a thriller the film uses the opening titles to create tension by not making the titles completely obvious but bold enough so that the titles are shown and can be acknowledged by the audience, for example in se7en the titles are show over images and the style of the text is used to suite the genre of the film.

As well as sound and the use of the opening titles, is how the director introduces the audience to the setting of the film, for example in No Country for Old Men the director
introduces the setting of the film by showing shots of an empty dessert in America which creates tension because of how the fact that the shots contain nothing but dessert and old wind mill that shows the direction of the wind and the strength of the wind. This creates a sense of isolation which is a key theme for thriller movies.

One other convention that creates tension for an opening to a thriller is the introduction to the characters; an example of a film using this convention to create tension is the use of the antagonist in the opening for No Country for Old Men. This film uses the antagonist’s introduction to create tension for the audience because
throughout the introduction the antagonists face is never shown to the audience
when he is being arrested. This creates tension because the audience doesn’t know who the antagonist is and why he is being arrested.

Another convention that creates tension effectively in a thriller opening is the use of creating an enigma for the audience. An example of this convention being used in a film is in No Country for Old Men when the camera shown the police officer placing a
gas canister in the front of his car after arresting the antagonist, this creates the enigma for the audience because they don’t know what the gas canister contains and what it is used for, it also creates an enigma because the audience don’t know who the antagonist is or why he has been arrested.

The use of camerawork is another convention of a thriller opening that creates tension for the audience. An example of this is in No Country for Old Men as it uses close ups, an example of this is when they use close ups on faces of antagonist and the victim during murders to create tension. Focus on murderer to alert audience to create tension for audience because they know what’s going to happen before the victim does.

As well as these, another convention of a thriller opening that is used to create tension for the audience is editing. The conventional editing for thrillers is to have it faced
paced to build tension for the audience; the shots are also edited into chronological order so that the scenes make sense. However during No Country for Old Men the editing is very slow paced to begin with in order to introduce the setting of the setting and characters of the film.

One other convention that is used in thrillers to create tension for their title sequence is mise-en-scene. An example of the use of mise en scene to create tension for the audience is in No Country for Old Men because the gas tank prop creates an enigma for the audience about why the man was arrested and what he did has to do with a
gas tank. The sheriff’s costume to create realism for the audience which can help with creating tension because it will make them feel like a real person has died when the sheriff is killed. They used blood for make up to add gore and create a more of a thriller atmosphere. The lighting in the jail was very low to create a tense atmosphere for the audience which warns them that something is going to happen.

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Analysis of a Thriller Opening Sequence

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Analysis of a Thriller Opening Sequence