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The mood is set immediately with the low key lighting and droning music. Instead of showing a constant running clip of something happening, they instead used lots of different clips of different things happening over the years, starting with the pictures of the major character Leatherface as a child. It then progresses on to show him having his face wrapped to hide his genetic illness and then him burning his old photos as if to hide his existence or past. This introduces the film's major theme. It uses a sepia tone in the sequence to give it an oldish look and it is an unnerving and sinister effect. The dreary music, sharp at points where the shots change, also seems fairly sinister or evil. Some of the shot durations are fairly long to emphasize what it is the frame. The shot duration speeds up at points and flashes to the next, giving the sequence an adrenalized effect. It also shows some old memories including some of him in a crop field which could show an important theme to the film. The shot durations are always short and cutting from one to another fairly fast.
The structure of this opening sequence has inspired us to do similar as we think it is effective in establishing the mood and plot of the film.
Below is an opening sequence for the 2004 remake of Dawn of the Dead.
The sequence opens abruptly with a close-up shot of a zombie's mouth before flashing to a bold, red title on a black background, making it more striking. A similar shot as the zombie mouth is used before flashing back to the title as it 'drains' away like blood. Shots of the actor's names on a black background and shots of zombies screaming are switched between with a very short shot duration, showing a state of emergency. The idea of blood and death is maintained by how the titles are shown 'draining' away like blood. A conference is heard faintly in the background, behind the screams, introducing a significant plot line and we also see brief shots of the conference. There is a 'broken TV screen' effect, conveying disruption.
Contrapuntal music is used during the later shots of the massacres as well as microscopic shots of cellular infection showing that the virus is a serious issue raised in the film. The effect of contrapuntal music is to, in this case, reflect the confusing and non-sensical montage of images (which will likely be clearer to viewers after having watched the film).
Overall, the sequences we have analyzed today have given up further an idea of what to include in our own. We are against the idea of using contrapuntal music as this is fairly risky and ...
Below is an opening sequence for the 2004 remake of Dawn of the Dead.
The sequence opens abruptly with a close-up shot of a zombie's mouth before flashing to a bold, red title on a black background, making it more striking. A similar shot as the zombie mouth is used before flashing back to the title as it 'drains' away like blood. Shots of the actor's names on a black background and shots of zombies screaming are switched between with a very short shot duration, showing a state of emergency. The idea of blood and death is maintained by how the titles are shown 'draining' away like blood. A conference is heard faintly in the background, behind the screams, introducing a significant plot line and we also see brief shots of the conference. There is a 'broken TV screen' effect, conveying disruption.
Contrapuntal music is used during the later shots of the massacres as well as microscopic shots of cellular infection showing that the virus is a serious issue raised in the film. The effect of contrapuntal music is to, in this case, reflect the confusing and non-sensical montage of images (which will likely be clearer to viewers after having watched the film).
Overall, the sequences we have analyzed today have given up further an idea of what to include in our own. We are against the idea of using contrapuntal music as this is fairly risky and ...
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