Age Certificate - 15
Production Studio - Gold Circle Films
Distribution Studio - Lionsgate
Director - Peter Cornwell
Box office takings - £1,127,679
Note - i could not find just the opening to the film, so had to resort to a full version of the film, so my analysis will only go up to the first 1.50 of the film.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C6kc3HMxMA4
The film introduction starts by showing the distribution and production company in their trademark entrance, however they have been shown in darker more sinister colours, this is to set the scene for the genre of the film, it then shows the Distribution and Production company again along with another production company, they are shown in a interesting style of text in plain white and black background, between the text there is only simple fade out transitions, the whole compilation features a calm old fashioned incidental soundtrack.
The main body of the scene is a compilation of old style family portraits, the Mis En Scene if these people is smart, old fashioned funeral clothing, the scenery is that of a casual home environment containing a bedroom and living room, props such as a coffin and flowers are used to create a sombre gravely effect.
The images are taken at a medium long shot at eye level, with a classic style of lighting, so the people are staring right at the audience, this is to give the audience a feeling of unease.
The suspense escalates as the seemingly innocent family portraits zoom out from the original image previously shown to reveal a deceased person of some sort featured in the foreground of the image, at this point the soundtrack distorts and a gruesome video scene is shown in which a person appears to be dissected with blood flowing, more images of deceased people are shown the more the sound track distorts and this gives the audience an insight of the film whilst the grim, gruesome imagery leaves the audience feeling disturbed and curious.
The gruesome video scenes increase and as the music distorts to a almost unrecognisable level, non diagetic ambient ghostly noises, and diagetic blood dripping shown in the back ground video.
in the end of the intro it switches to a simple black background in which the fade in effect is used to bring up the title of the film using simple gold typography in which words haunting and Connecticut are emphasised in capital letters to signify their importance to the audience.
And to further increase the intensity and anticipation of the film, the sound track and noise stop and the words "Based on true events" the typography is simple plain and white in order to make it seem more serious and more terrifying for the audience to imagine.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C6kc3HMxMA4
The film introduction starts by showing the distribution and production company in their trademark entrance, however they have been shown in darker more sinister colours, this is to set the scene for the genre of the film, it then shows the Distribution and Production company again along with another production company, they are shown in a interesting style of text in plain white and black background, between the text there is only simple fade out transitions, the whole compilation features a calm old fashioned incidental soundtrack.
The main body of the scene is a compilation of old style family portraits, the Mis En Scene if these people is smart, old fashioned funeral clothing, the scenery is that of a casual home environment containing a bedroom and living room, props such as a coffin and flowers are used to create a sombre gravely effect.
The images are taken at a medium long shot at eye level, with a classic style of lighting, so the people are staring right at the audience, this is to give the audience a feeling of unease.
The suspense escalates as the seemingly innocent family portraits zoom out from the original image previously shown to reveal a deceased person of some sort featured in the foreground of the image, at this point the soundtrack distorts and a gruesome video scene is shown in which a person appears to be dissected with blood flowing, more images of deceased people are shown the more the sound track distorts and this gives the audience an insight of the film whilst the grim, gruesome imagery leaves the audience feeling disturbed and curious.
The gruesome video scenes increase and as the music distorts to a almost unrecognisable level, non diagetic ambient ghostly noises, and diagetic blood dripping shown in the back ground video.
in the end of the intro it switches to a simple black background in which the fade in effect is used to bring up the title of the film using simple gold typography in which words haunting and Connecticut are emphasised in capital letters to signify their importance to the audience.
And to further increase the intensity and anticipation of the film, the sound track and noise stop and the words "Based on true events" the typography is simple plain and white in order to make it seem more serious and more terrifying for the audience to imagine.
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