The happening has a lot of editing and sound effects that happen in the first four minutes. So a lot goes on really, there are many different camera angles, edits, sound effects and different views. It's a very busy film opening. At the very end of the opening you see a women stab herself with a knitting needle. This is really good at making the viewer want to continue watching so they find out why she did that to herself. This would be a good idea to add into my own horror film opening, essentially it's a cliff hanger and it's a very good one too.
This is a shot of the subject stabbing herself with a needle at the very ending of the opening, it's a really close up shot of the woman's frightened face and the needle with her hand in the background. This creates suspense really well because the audience wonders what she's doing with this needle pointed at her neck. This is something that I should think about adding into my own horror opening, close up shots of the victims, villains and other actors witnessing the situation to show their emotions or feelings on the situation. I have ideas of showing one of the little girl's worried faces before she gets kidnapped by the dark and mysterious villain. This will help the audience to feel worried or scared for the little girl which will bring them into the film in a way which will help to build up the suspense really well.
This is another shot of the opening, it's a long shot showing the people in the park walking backwards. This is also a point of view shot. This is effective at building suspense in the opening as it shows a lot of what's going on around the two female characters. It brings the audience into the film itself as they now see what one of the characters is seeing. These types of shots are important because they work so well at creating suspense. This is another type of shot that I will think about interpreting into my own horror film opening. It will build suspense if I use the victims point of view as she gets lost and starts to worry.
The second part of this analysis is more visually attractive with the screen shots and the whole analysis would have benefitted from the same treatment!
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