Opening scene resarch - Horror

 

Opening scene research - Shutter island - horror

    Director - Martin Scorrose 

   Producer - Mike Modovy 

   Box office - 128 million

   Distributor - Paramount pictures

   Cast - leonardo dicaprio , Mark Ruffalo , Ben Kingsley 

The opening clip opens up with a establishing shot of the fog and boat to show the audience the first location of the scene. The lighting is dark and ery to reflect the mood of the scene, the opening clip gives off depressing and mysterious vibe due to the fog and grey lighting given off. 

The non - diegetic soundtrack is ery and frightening reflects a dark and haunted vibe when the beat drops after a few seconds which raises tension as-well as the location of the clip,

An establishing shot to show off the first character that has been introduced, presents himself as a sweaty and distraught man feeling ill on this ship. However the mood and lighting is still dark and gloomy which presents the theme of dark and mysterious. The soundtrack continues throughout this scene to engage the audience. A new character gets introduced through a close up of him looking out into the water.

Their costumes are old-fashioned detective costumes that prove that this film was based earlier and not in morden suits. They're both wearing dark, no colour costumes to present the mystery and depressed sense job that they are doing. The actor uses the word 'boss' to describe the other character which shows the audience their status in their jobs.

After the establishing shot and they're talking for a while about their upcoming job a flashback scene comes across, to show the audience the death of his wife. The flashback scene shows the love that she had for him which shows opposite of the scene which is happening. The waves interrupt the scene which then goes back to current time and back to the main scene and location.

The next scene approaches with an establishing shot to show the next location of the scene.

The opening scene to the film Shutter island as the genre of horror introduces the audience to two new characters aswell as the location and mood of the scene. The audience can tell that there are two detectives on their way to an island due to their costume and dialogue. The location is dark and mysterious due to the fog and the soundtrack. I feel as though this is an amazing opening scene towards a horror film as it gives the perfect analysis of whats going to happen in the film aswell a sense of mystery towards the end.