The running scene from Shrooms gave us some ideas for our title sequence. Again, Shrooms has a group of teenagers camping in the woods when something goes wrong and it has the same effect on the audience as the Blair Witch Project did. It builds suspense and tension in the audience, and the audience feels like they are there, with the actors.
The running sequence in this has been cut. It flits quickly to other contrasting scenes in the film. This is unnerving for the audience, because although there is a pace and rhythm to the editing, there is also the uncertainty of them flicking between the running and numerous of contrasting shots like the hands and the silhouette. I like this opening sequence. This sequence if edits is cleverly done and i like how they quickly jump to 'random' shots, although after doing media studies, i see they aren't actually random and are organised to create a pace and continuity for the audience. The atmosphere in this title sequence is eerie and scary. It made me feel nervous and uneasy.
The title sequence in Shrooms has more relevance to our title sequence than the Blair Witch Project did.
The lighting in these shots is all dark and mysterious, with lots of fog, which clouds the camera space. This makes the audience feel uneasy because the fog symbolises the unknown because you can't see through it. The lighting is distorted in some shots which adds to the uneasiness of the audience, creating more tension and adding to the atmosphere in the title sequence.
The girl is slim and looks quite pretty, even though we only see quick flashes of her in the shots. She is wearing normal teenage clothes, just jeans and a vest and a hooded jumper. This signifies the audience where she is and why, because she is dressed casually running through the woods. If she had a prom dress on whilst running through the woods, we would be able to understand, as an audience, that something had gone wrong on Prom Night. She has blonde hair, which plays to the stereotype of the American Dream Girl, and I think she will be one of the main characters.
These outdoor, running shots contrast with the indoor shots of people in masks and wielding knives. These shots are dark and scary because only little lighting is used and silhouettes are created. The actors are dirty and grimy and wearing sacks on their head, so we know there is something wrong with these characters because we know it is modern times in American Society because of the girl running through the trees.
There are numerous of shots of the girls feet running through bushes, which dehumanises her because we cannot see her face. We can tell it is the girls feet because of the trousers she wears and the breathing, it matches with the shot of her when her face is shown. This makes the audience feel sorry for her because she is obviously running away from something, and by showing her feet, signifies she is not running fast enough and may be caught.
The diegetic sound heard is the heavy breathing she makes herself, she can obviously hear it, and the rustling through bushes. The non-diegetic sound the audience can hear is the creepy music. When played together, it creates tension and creates an atmosphere for the audience.
The fast pace of the editing and how they contrast also creates an ominous feeling for the audience that disconcerts them and makes the audience feel tension. This will make the audience want to watch the film and see what happens, no matter how uneasy they are feeling.
The mise-en-scene changes in every shot. It is mainly bushes and trees where the girl is running away, but the indoor shots are quite weird. They flit between close-ups of grubby disfigured hands to someone's dirty, bloody face. These distorted anatomical images makes the audience wonder what is going on and why they are disfigured and dirty. It makes the audience uneasy and makes them feel slightly nervous.
Saturday, 9 January 2010
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