Film opening sequence analysis report sheet
- 1. Film Opening Sequence Analysis *Comment on the following aspects in relation to your film opening title sequence choice BEETLEJUICE link : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NaCYL04Kd8g Name: Sadie Bailey My Analysis Supporting Images Cinematography & Camera Techniques The opening title credits of BEETLEJUICE starts off with a score of the film the music is calm sort of sound but as soon as the credits come up the music changes and it gets faster, and a darker sound to it, building up some tension for the audience. Then the camera shows an aerial shot of the town, showing the audience the view of the town. As the camera is going over the town showing the different details of the houses and other buildings in the town, most of the houses look similar.
- 2. Film Opening Sequence Analysis *Comment on the following aspects in relation to your film opening title sequence choice Visual Effects & Colour Scheme When the aerial shot of the town is being shown the main colours in that shot is green and white and a bit of red. Because of the dark colours of the titles which are black and a glow of blue which gives the idea of a scary film , when we see the town and the colours of the town such as the green of the hills and a grass it gives the audience an Idea that the town is quiet and peace full until the credits do. Genre Conventions Because of the style the credits are it gives the audience that the film is going to be scary until you see the colour of the the town and the little houses but when it comes close to the end of the credits we see the house on a hill, which could be refered to the Amityville horror, which is a series of scary films. Narrative The credits of the film and the style the writing is gives us an idea of what the film might be about which is ghosts, this is shown by how the gloominess in the font of the credits and how the tittle of the film is shown, so far the audience predicts it’s a scary film by the music that is played at the beginning of the credits. Also because of how the title of the film is presenting, the way the writing and the detail is black on a white background, making it black and white and grainy the writing is lob sided with skulls and skeletons surrounding it making it look scary.
- 3. Film Opening Sequence Analysis *Comment on the following aspects in relation to your film opening title sequence choice Editing Techniques The editing technique used in the opening credits is a crossfade which is when the aerial shot of the real town is shown but then as the camera gets closer to the town we start seeing that the town is actually a model ,at first you can’t really tell until the camera zooms in and you see the details up close of the houses the cars and the fake grass. Title Credit Design When the credits start coming up on the screen dark colours are used for the writing such as black and blue. The writing is in the centre of the shot so you can’t miss the names of the actors. Behind the black bold writing of the titles there is a blue glow giving the idea of a ghostly look to the writing, also when the title of the film comes up on the screen the writing is on a pale white block that looks similar to a tomb stone, the writing on it is grainy and lob sided making it look old and it has skulls and skeletons on it making it look scarier.