Film openings

What film openings do you like and dislike and why?

Openings I like

• Woman in BlackI like this opening as it includes many of the typical

codes and conventions of a horror film, such as the music box sounds, the attic location it is set in and the three young girls. However, I feel this engages the audience and raises many enigmas, due to the contribution of a large range of shots and the very interesting plot and not giving away too much of the villain (Woman in black)

Openings I like

• Insidious I like this opening as I think it is very simple, yet scary

and due to it being very simplistic, this raises more enigmas. I feel that in horror openings, there should be some typical codes and conventions in order for audience to identify the genre, this opening includes this with the low key lighting, the scary face and the music. I also like the text that they used, as it was red symbolising blood and it was bold.

Openings I dislike

• Paranormal activity 4Even though the purpose of this opening is to be

like a home-video styled horror, I feel as if they should’ve included some typical horror genre aspects to help identify the horror genre, as without the popularity of the famous films it would be difficult to identify. But overall, I feel as if it goes too fast.