Film opening sequence deconstruction

Film opening sequence: Saw 7

Saw 7 conforms to the slasher generic convention. It contains gory and graphic visuals and scenes full of violence and gore. Also the bad people are the first to die and the good people are the ones who survive. This sequence can give me and my group a lot of things to think about for when we make our slasher if that's what we choose as a genre.

Saw 7 starts off with a big group of people surrounding a glass box with three people in it. In this box there are three people. They are instructed to kill one person in the box by the time the stop watch goes down to 0. At the end off the timer the saw cuts through to girl and kills her. This conforms to the slasher genre as the whore always dies first.

Mis-en-scene: During the opening sequence a childish clown toy is used by the villain to voice his instructions. This little toy is quite childish and creepy. This is used to show the killers broken mind as he thinks everything is a game. This can be connected to the slasher genre as the killer has no reason for his killing apart from that he thinks it is fun.

Sound: The non diegetic sound track used in the opening sequence creates suspense. It is polyphonic and is orchestral based. It is quite fast paced which builds up the tension in the scene as people are abut to be killed. This creates a good suspense for the audience and is something that we need to incorporate if we are going to do a slasher.

Editing: The editing used in this is quite simple. It uses fast paced cuts. This is because the sequence is exciting and jumpy. These fast cuts build and keep the suspense until the moment were somebody dies. This is something that we need to incorporate if we where to do a slasher.

Camera: There are a lot of close ups on peoples faces and on important items. They are seen all through the opening. This is because people need to see the expressions on there faces and what they are feeling at that time. Also the item close ups show what they are looking at and tell the viewer that they are an important part off the storyline.