The strangers
In this clip we see a character who would be similar to the girl playing the role of the victim in our opening. From this we can see she is wearing average, plain, dull clothing along with bland make up, this is used to take the attention away from the girl is dressed and instead the attention on what is happening in the opening. Alternatively it could be used to show that she is an average girl- making it more relateable to the audience, making them feel as if it could be them in the position. The character at the start is loud and angry which is binary opposition to her apprehension at the ending.
From the setting we can take that it is a large and vacant house which would heighten the tension in the opening by making her looking isolated and more alone. The decoration of the house is very bland, with the plain white/grey walls and the lighting used is dim and eerie.
Within the opening there is a main focus which starts and concludes the opening. The TV playing white noise. This prop is used to heighten the tension to the audience as it is frantic noise. We could incorporate a prop like this in our opening as it is symbolism for her being anxious/ nervous which is what the girl in our opening will feel.
The strangers
There is only two characters in this opening which do not match the sound of the voice on the phone at the end this is used for the audience to be left in the dark on what has happened which will build up the tension as they are on the edge of their seat to see what is to follow for the rest of the film. Moreover the character who are in it are two average looking boys who are dressed in again bland clothing. This is interesting as throughout our brainstorming we imagined the male and females costumes to be significant of their characters- this is something we will need to look into.
Similarly with The Ring, in The Strangers we can see that the houses used are large and again very spacious. This could reflect upon the idea of the despondency and isolation of the character. Moreover when moving to house to house they use a slow motion effect on the shot which creates dramatic tension which is very effective in this opening- we could use this in our opening as our establishing shot is of the house. Yet the lighting used is light and calm which could represent the idea of "the calm before the storm".
The opening has some titles at the start which is spoken over. We are particularly interested in the title sequence itself- the significance of the colours used. The black background could be connoting the darkness and scariness of the story with the deep orange/ red writing on top used to represent danger. In our opening we plan to use a background with writing over it for our credits- therefore this is something we could take to influence the way ours will look.
The Women In Black
With this opening the characters used are young and innocent looking, although it is obviously set in an earlier time these children are representative of average looking children at their age at this time. Moreover their change in facial expressions from the start to end is binary opposition of them playing happily to them suddenly being overcome by something. This is similar to The Ring.
Moreover similarly to the other two openings, which appears to be a convention of horror thrillers is the open rooms in large looking houses. The lighting used in these houses appear to be dim and dreary, within no unnatural lighting throughout- this maybe to make the audience feel cold and reflect the dull atmosphere.
The props used in this is a stereotypical horror film prop- dolls these are used as they can be made to appear creepy.
Summary:
From looking at the mise- en- scene in thrillers I have learnt that the houses used are large, open and dimly lit. Therefore our group will need to find rooms which are plain, with not much colour and film at a time when it is not too bright (midday/ morning) therefore creating the cold atmosphere for the audience. As well as this we can learn that the characters in the openings appear to be wearing average, dull yet typical of the person clothing in order to not take away the attention of the storyline throughout. Therefore we may need to re- think our costume ideas. Finally throughout the openings there appears to be props used to enhance the tension of the opening which again is something we should consider when making our opening.
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