Film opening - Orphan
Introduction
The first thing we see in the orphan is a child’s black eye.
This signifies sorrow and pain as well as sadness. This may also be associated
with evil, fitting in with the horror genre of the film.
We know that the main character also known as the
protagonist is a girl because she is in the opening sequence and is applying
makeup to her face. This fits the connotations of being a girl because in
reality we know that it is usually girls that apply makeup to themselves.
This also follows the connotations of being a horror film
because we usually associate films with young female girls. They tend to use
young girls as the main characters in the horror films because we usually
perceive girls and young children to be sweet, innocent and harmless but this
goes completely against that perception and this is why most horror films will
use a young child.
This is very weird though because the young girl is applying
her makeup in a way that she is trying to be older, this means that she might
be self-conscious about her body and the way she looks but it doesn’t affect
her that much because her face is just smudged with her makeup so we don’t know
what to think about her.
Editing
The editing is shown in the sequence when it shows her makeup
that she is applying to her face. It switches to a UV shot which shows the
different acidic levels in the chemicals of the makeup, red is the highest
acidic. As well as this because it is in a UV shot it gives of the affect that
she could possibly be hiding something within the makeup and this makes the
audience to be drawn into the film and what to watch the rest of the film.
The edit the text to be shown into the opening sequence and
it is in a white font with a black background. This is so that the audience can
see what the font sees clearly and not struggle to read it. However they keep
the font small so that the viewers can keep track of what the girl is still
doing in the opening sequence in the background.
They then use a second type of font which is the same font
type up but they change the colour to purple, this is so they can still see the
font clearly and easily but the connotation of purple is jealousy and this
means that later on the film someone
could, become jealous about someone or something.
Props
A prop in the film is that there is a white rose in the
opening sequence which suggests purity and innocence, however the rose starts
to die or is dying throughout very slowly and this could resemble the plot of
the film being that throughout the film purity is lost gradually or it could
mean that the girls innocence is lost because something has changed her r took
control of her.
Lighting and sound
Throughout the sequence the lighting is at a very low level so
that it hides who the person is and keeps there identity a mystery. This adds
to the tension of the opening sequence and can make people think what it is
leaving a mystery in their head.
The music fits in with the opening sequence very well
because it is a very theatrical sound which fits the connotations of the genre.
The music however stays at a similar tempo throughout until the end it builds
up slightly and gradually.
All of this slowly draws the audience into the film and
creates a cold and chilly atmosphere within the audience.
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