Saw 6 and Flight Plan

Saw 6 

the opening credits are writen in a weird font you see 3 versions of the text all in differn't sizes moving at differnt times across the screen also a few of the letters seem to twice every so often.
this is to create a creepy feel to the film. the only lighting used is key light to keep a dark feel and uses Low key lighting to keep the film feeling dark the credits fade to black and fade in to part of jigsaws death traps the producer uses Extreme Close Ups of the traps slowly revealing the trap to the audience there is not alot of opening credits to finish the opening we see the first two victims waking up and wondering where they are using a medium close up. 



The plot of the opening is to introduce jigsaw the main cerial killer of the series new game of life and death and to show the audience how sick and twisted the film is going to become as in the first 5 minutes there is alot of blood ,gore and self harming.





Flight Plan  
Below is the opening to Flight Plan, Our theme for our opening peice is a thriller. I have looked at various openings to Thrillers, below is one of them. This Film begins with a train going past, after it 'Touchstone Pictures and Imagaine entertainment present', follows, it is white writing on a black background which creates a eerie feel , this is the first thing you see so it sets both the mood, and the setting of a train station, The rest of the titles follow in the style of a train going past, the kind of shutter, line effect going over the writing is used to create this, this also give a tense feel to it. After the last name, the black screen fades out and shows a train with a woman sitting on the bench persumed to be waiting for the train.  This scene is the establishing shot and shows the back of the lady in  the middle of the screen, this automaticly make you think she is the main charecter. High Key lighting is used in this scene. The doors of the train open and the camera beings to zoom into her with the words 'Flight Plan' in white, fading in beside her, the pause here and the time it takes to zoom in also creates a feel of suspence, its almost like your waiting for something to happen now. The writing 'Flight Plan', which establishes the name of the film, flashes and fades back out, the camera then turns to the other side and shows the front of her face, this is the first time you see her, it continues to zoom it up to a 'Close up' viewpoint to show the worried emotion on her face. Quite a Soft High Key lighting is used here, this is to make you look more at her expression and less at the shadows. This sets the scene and mood for the rest of the film, the screen then blanks out and opens on a new scence, where low key lighting is used. This is the begining of the film. This will help me with openings because it shows new ways of setting a scene and creating the mood for the rest of the film. This opening scene captures your intrest in the film so it is inportant it is intresting and full of tension and suspense.

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The use of colour in films

Colour working on the subconscious mind to create certain mood. Hospitals and dentists use pale colours in their waiting rooms, such as pale blues and greens, this is said to have a calming effect on the mind. Each colour has its own connotations, which may have been influenced by the culture of our beliefs, For example Christan's see the colour White as a symbol of purity where as in Indian religions white is seen as the colour of mourning.

In the early days if a film maker wanted to use colour it would be painted on the shots afterwards. Technicolour introduced their new system in the early nineteen thirties that colour film began to see a commercial possibility.

Colour film was nearly thirty per cent higher than black and white, the effects where so dramatic that major film makers where eager to use it. Today we expect films to be in colour, and anything in black and white is added for effect. In the early days it was the opposite and colour was only really used for fantasy films.

Red- Excitement, energy, passion, love, desire, speed, strength, power, heat, aggression, danger, fire, blood, war, violence.

Pink- Love, romance and excitement.

Beige- Unification, Quiet, Pleasantness, Clam and simplicity.

Yellow- Joy, Happiness, Betrayal, Optimism, Idealism, Imagination, Hope, Sunshine, Summer, Gold, Philosophy, Dishonesty, Cowardice, Jealousy, Conventousness, Deceit, Illness and hazard.

Blue- Peace, Tranquillity, cold, calm, stability, harmony, unity, trust, truth, confidence, conversation, security, cleanliness, order, loyalty, sky, water, technology, depression, appetite suppressant.

Turquoise- Sophistication, Feminine appeal.

Purple- Royalty, Nobility, spiritually, ceremony, mysterious, transformation, wisdom, enlightenment, cruelty, arrogance, mourning.

Lavender- Femininity, grace and elegance.

Green- Nature, enjoyment, Healthy, good luck, renewal, youth, spring, generosity, fertility, jealousy, inexperience, envy, misfortune, vigour.

Brown- Earth, stability, hearth, home, outdoors, reliability, comfort, endurance, simplicity and comfort.

Grey- Security, reliability, intelligence, staid, modesty, dignity, maturity, solid, conservative, practical, old age, sadness, boring, silver symbolizes calm.

White- Reverence, purity, birth, simplicity, cleanliness, peace, humility, snow, good, sterility, marriage (western cultures), Death (eastern cultures), Cold, clinical.

Black- Power, sexuality, sophistication, formality, elegance, wealth, mystery, fear, evil, unhappiness, depth, style, evil, sadness, remorse, anger, anonymity, underground, good technical colour, mourning, death (western cultures).

A film that uses colour to add drama is "Jennifer's body". {as shown in the image below}

This images use of pink and red  and the toned down colour in the background makes you think that the character is dangerous or even very desirable. this reflects the characters new persona; although the backgrounds lack of colour using dusty natural colours, portrays the depression, everyone is going through in the movie.

In the film Shindler's List the girl shown below, was shown wearing a red coat while the rest of the film was in black and white. This is done to show  you that the girl is of some importance, it also makes her stand out to the audience while in the film not much attention is payed towards her.

Dawn of the Dead (2004)

Dawn of the Dead (2004) {First Scene 00:00-01:00}

To begin with there are the dedications, to the filming groups, that help put the movie together; (such as logos, and iconic animations, “universal studios”).

However, instead of their iconic backing track, there is a more eerie track that runs through the dedications. This instantly puts the audience out of there comfort zone; helping to add to the films atmosphere. Relating to the fact that the genre is horror, a low continuous sound with a few distortions helps to create the atmosphere for the following scenes.

The final logo then dissolves, into what looks like a fire or chemicals mixing (a bright, moving mass of a yellowy orange substance). This then has a use of non-diegetic sound of fire burning, or even something dissolving in acid. These sounds will most like have been produced, using a technique called Foley art/sound.

The camera zooms out changing the colour of the mas to a white and blue; as the camera retreats farther the image of an X-Ray is shown, this would be considered the establishing shot; as unlike the first shot (established as a extreme close up of the X-Ray) I lets the audience know that it is in a hospital, this is strengthened by the fact that the shot is over the shoulder of a person in a lab coat. The audio also fades out, and the diegetic dialogue fades in. this almost gives the impression of snapping into reality or fading out of it.

The shot then zooms out further, to reveal the shot is over the shoulder of a doctor. This reveals the it is the doctor talking and not a voice over. A mid shot is used for the two characters to swap dialogue, once the character has finished his phone call the shot jumps out with no audio; to a long shot. This use of jumpy camera changes is typical of horror film as it adds a sense of urgency. As the characters begin to talk the shot goes back to a mid shot, the use of going out to a long shot could be considered as the establishing shot (this would be as the shot show that both characters are in a hospital hall way).

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