SH: Opening Sequence Analysis

The Final Destination (Ellis 2009)

Technical Analysis

 

• This opening scene is also dense with diegetic sound and uses music again, clearly this is something that is almost viewed as essential for the opening scene of a film, however it needs to fit the genre and create some sort of suspense or action that the rest of the film will base around.

• The credits that are added into the opening sequence are effectively done and they are blended in so they do not stand out and become a focal point of the shot, this would be a good way to edit our opening scene as it will help distinguish between the main body of a film and the opening sequence.

• The whole opening sequence has a negative colour to it, it makes it seem like and x-ray which links to the images which come up throughout the sequence. I like the idea of giving the opening scene some sort of effect like this or a colour wash.