Tuesday 1 March 2011

Thriller Opening Analysis

The opening title sequence I have decided to analyse is Vertigo (1960). The start of the title sequence, some intense music is used which creates a sense of mystery and tension, and these types of emotions are often created when watching a film in the genre of thriller.The use of dark lighting in the very first shot of an eye, is the first imperession we will have on the film, and due to this it unnoticeably makes us as an audience assume that it will be quite darkly lighted throughout the whole film. As darkness usually has conotataions of danger, the audeince will instantly start to come to terms with the fact that Vertigo is in the genre of a thriller or a horror.


It is not just the colour black that is related with danger and mystery, red is also known for this. So the fact that the black tint in the opening shot changes to red may suggest to the spectator that there could be some grusome scenes in this film, as red really portrays blood and gore.

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