Prep: To prepare for tomorrow's practical work of filming an opening sequence, please watch the following two title sequences which are filmed in in a similar 'table top' style.
When I watched the opening scene of Delicatessen I saw that the film genre is definitely horror because of the close up on the characters scared face and the close up on the psychotic man and his knife. When the man throws his hand down showing he is about the hurt the person in the bin it shifts to the opening credit scene and the words 'Delicatessen' in bold. They set up the introduction so you could see the credits while getting an idea of the set and what the film will be like. A chopped of hand is at the beginning so you can tell there will be some brutality soon. The music used entices the audience and so does the different shots used for example, closeups. It slows down and stops on some foreign writing so that must be important to what is about to happen. There are many important objects shown in the opening credits like: camera, broken music disc and baby pictures.
The film genre of Delicatessen is black comedy - you are right to note the horror on the face as well as the ghastly glee of the butcher.
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What did you make of the ways in which the credits were embedded in the visuals?
Please complete this work by adding your comments on the second film opening.
5/10 - you did not finish this
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