Analysis Of Vertigo opening sequence by Saul Bass

The sequence begins with an extreme closeup of a persons mouth. the camera then tracks upwards and rests on the eyes. The persons eyes seem scared and restless, looking from left to right. This, included with the fact that the opening music starts of both loud and unsettling, creates a feeling of both suspence and fear, since the camera is only focusing on one part of the face at a time, which creates an air of mystery since the audiance is wondering who the person is and what they are afraid of. the camera then zooms in on the persons eye and the camera turns a dark shade of red, and slowly coloured spirals come out of the persons eyes and slowly spin their way towards the camera. this intensifies the air of suspence and creates a very stereotypical thriller atmosphere, since the red connotates blood and murder, and the spirals and very intimate portrayel of the eye seem both supernatural and makes the audiance think of a person in some kind of distress, respectivly.
The eye then fades away and we are left with the image of the coloured spiral getting larger and larger as it spins its way towards the screen on a black background. This segment also gives clues to the narrative, since the spirals give a sense of falling, and the film deals with themes of Acrophobia. These spirals continue for much of the sequence, and their changing colour, shape, and consistancy gives the audiance the feel of a never ending fall, and it also has an hypnotic quality, which is in keeping with the films thriller theme.


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Analysis Of Disturbia Opening Sequence!

The trailer im going to be telling you about is "Disturbia" produced by D.J Caruso, starring Shia LeBeouf as a teenager who faces 90 days under house arrest and begings spying on his neighbours thourhg his window and becomes convinced his neighbour is a serial killer.

The first shot is a close up of Kale, the main character having a house arrest tag fitted,and we see a formal women telling him that he is all set to go nowhere meaning he cant escape,it then fades to a shot of the highcourt and a stern voice once agian reminding him that he is under house arrest as though he can't shake it off and those words are fixated in his head. It then fades back to him erecting a sandwich tower due to the boredom he is facing showing he desperatley needs something to do,It then cuts to a hammer slamming down and the music begins to big up in volume and the bass kicks in as the story line thickens. We then get an establishing shot of him walking the garden with a voice over of the conditions of the house arrest and then, the same as with the hammer the shot rapidly cuts and a gnome slams down on the to the lawn in time with the music making you jump.

We then see Kale with a pair of binoculars watching his neighbours which is typical of a thriller film with the charcters always beeing spyed on.At first all he seems to spy on are young women in there bikins but after being caught out spying by a fellow victim she arrives at his door and we then have the other character. You then get a tilt shot of a couple going through the door and it the camera then tilts up to show them expressing there love. You then get a rapid amount of quick shots measuring only about a second or so of various nights of spying on there nieghbours, the music is upbeat and then suddenly a loud noise erupts and the music dies down as you hear a splat and see blood splash across a window they were spying on.

There spying then gets more serious with close ups of high tech camera equpment and an over the shoulder shot of Kale setting up the tripod for his camera and then we zoom in from the O.T.S to see the image on the video camera of a man holding a knife.The music at this point is very jumpy and puts you on edge,and as the camera zooms in on a blurry image of a woman a scream begins to build up and then blare out and you and Kale jump back. The last few mid shots are all very dark relating to the dark story line and sets the scene for something else to happen. the music is very quiet and loud sound effects are used such as screams or cars breaking to add atmoshpere.

The trailer creates a great deal of tension and really makes me want to go and see the film, it is very effective and makes you jump at certain points and gets you involved in the film instantly. Heres the video for anyone else who wants to watch it:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5GHz3C5coSI



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