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Psycho Opening By Kevin Gallagher
During the opening sequence on psycho the film starts with the name so that the audience knows what the film is they are about to watch. After this the films dramatic music starts straight away causing the audience to become engage into the film. Through out the opening sequence Alfred Hitchcock uses a lined effect which changes direction across the page, he uses this to symbolize a knife slashing effect when the lines are going downwards which can be seen to relate to the iconic shower killing scene, when the lines go side to side through the film title its to symbolize a broken mind. When introducing the actors names they start by being slashed and become more prominent to allow the audience to see who they are, by doing this through out the opening sequence means that it keeps the audience's attention.
For the time the film was made it was in black and white, and has been know through the years to have one of the most know killing scene in a horror movie were the main character is slashed and stabbed to death in the shower. by having the credits in the middle of the page makes it more easier to read, but also by having the block names in the middle of the page also helps the audience to see the moving side to side of the credits to help associate them with the broken mind feel.
Initial Ideas
The initial idea of our opening sequence is about a boy who has been bullied through his life who is about to take revenge on those he feels has wronged him in the past. The first four minutes shows the boy preparing to go to school, this also shows to the audience through visual imagery of him getting ready, flashbacks and sound bridges the trauma the bullies caused the boy and how it led to himself harming. The audience will also get an insight into the boy’s life as they see his possessions within his room and his general attitude whilst by himself proving him to be a very mentally disturbed and lonely individual. The only other scenes we see where the boy is not in his room is in the flashbacks where we see him as a child where the bullying takes place. In this the audience will see how out casted the boy is from the rest of the peers resolving in his future mental break down and lust for revenge.
Results of Questionnaires and Key findings
Copy of a completed Questionnaire
1) How old are you?
17
2) What Genre of Film do you find most exciting?
Action Horror
3) What conventions would you expect to see in a Horror/Thriller Film?
I would expect to see blood and gore as well as lots of violence
4) What is your favourite Horror/Thriller Film?
Saw
5) What is your least favourite Horror/Thriller Film?
Blair Witch Project
6) What makes you want to see a Horror/Thriller Film e.g. Posters, Trailers?
Trailers as they make me want to see what happens
7) What kind of characters would you like to see in a Horror/Thriller Film?
A deranged murderer, which is involved in a giant plot twist at the end
8) Would you like to see a Horror/Thriller Film aimed specifically at teenagers?
Yes, definitely
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