Analysis of Opening Sequences

The two opening sequences I watched were from films "Sorority Row' and 'Jennifer's Body'.

Both films start with an ominous setting, which is a dark house. At the start of 'Sorority Row', the setting is revealed as a teenage party, which gets rid of the ominous feeling. However, at the start of 'Jennifer's Body', the setting is slightly more mysterious as it shows one of the main characters in their room, but there is also a creepy person staring through the window, which builds up mystery.

The main characters in both films are teenagers, which is so the target audience of the films can relate to them. The character's personalities range from average, nice girls to girls that are more rude and outgoing. At the start of both films, the antagonists aren't really shown but the meaner characters could be seen as the antagonists.

The language used in both films is very informal, as swearing and slang is used on both. For example, in 'Jennifer's Body' the word "jello" is used as slang for jealous. The main characters also swear at each other, despite being friends.

Both films use dark lighting at parts which are meant to scare the viewer, such as the part at the start of 'Sorority Row' where Megan gets killed.  Parts of 'Jennifer's Body' also use dark lighting. such as scenes in the bar.

The music used in tense parts of the film usually have an ominous build up, and then suddenly become louder when something happen so it scares the viewer. As with the dark lighting, the music is also meant to scare people at the part where Mega is murdered.