Camera: the opening sequence first starts with a close up tracking shot of a chalk as it's being dragged along the paper. There are multiple shots like this throughout the opening sequence. This creates the feeling that to the audience that there is a bigger picture to the lines on the paper and that they are of a fairly high importance to the rest of the film because of the tracking shot, as it is making the audience stay focused on the object the entire time. The close up shots that aren't tracking shots make the audience look more at the lines on the paper rather than the chalk being dragged. This makes sure that the audience know that the line are just as important to the rest of the film (therefore keeping the feeling that there is a bigger picture to be shown) as the person holding the chalk. Since the opening sequence only uses close up shots, you don't see the person holding the chalk or the picture that the person is drawing with it. This makes the audience feel suspense and like there is a big mystery which is common in thrillers. The amount of tracking shots in the opening sequence make it feel chaotic and a little manic, therefore making suspense felt by the audience again.
Mise en Scene: There is a high contrast between the chalk and the paper as the paper is white/yellowy white and the chalk is black. The contrast here makes the scene eerie because high contrasts creates a feeling of uneasiness to the audience. The chalk being dragged along on the paper slowly and then quickly (or vice-versa) creates suspense ad the audience would then expect something to happen due to the pace of the movement but it doesn't, leaving the audience to then feel uneasy. The black in the sequence connotes darkness and evil and the white paper connotes purity and good. In the start of the opening sequence, there is only one black line being drawn per shot but by the end of it there is scribbling and more black being drawn on the paper. This could be foreshadowing for how the film/ the main character could start of mainly pure but get darker and more evil and the movie goes on. The faster movement of the chalk towards the end of the sequence makes the audience feel like there is more action/excitement/fear to come in the film. Sound: The start of the sequence has slow and calm piano music which creates a calm atmosphere to the audience. As the music progresses, more notes are added to make the music faster and louder but this happens at a slow pace and is barely noticeable. this means that the audience would get more fear from the music but not know why, leaving them confused and in suspense for more. Eerie sounds (possibly wind) are added lightly as 0.42. These are common sounds in thrillers that create a fear of the unknown for the audience as the object making the eerie sound sis not on screen. Near the middle, there are more gaps between the notes again but his time it is chords instead, making the music louder and seem shorter which creates even more suspense of what's to come because of the contrast between the music before with lots of notes that flow, to hard hitting chords. The song gets faster again after being slow and eerie at 1.30. Again, this creates a contrast to different sections of the song. Towards the end of the clip high notes are played repetitively, faster and louder than in all the song before. The high notes sound out of place when they are all together repetitively as the rest of the song was mostly played lower. At the very end there was the sound of a smashing glass which is sudden and shocking to the audience since there is no glass in any of the shots. Smashing glass is common in thrillers an especially in psychological thrillers. Editing: The start of the sequence fades from black which makes the scene eerie from the beginning at black connotes evil. There is a long shot duration when the shots fade into each other, leaving the last shot still slightly visible when it goes into the next shot, making it seem calm. The shot durations get shorter and shorter as the sequence goes on, creating more suspense. When it gets to the shortest shot duration, it's almost like there are jump cuts, making it seem chaotic and leaves a fear for the unknown to the audience.
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