In class Miss Foster showed us this film opening of 'Devil'. The opening is based upon a peculiar upside down shot of the city skyline, I found this was really effective as whilst you are watching you are left wondering how this relates to the film, a thought I had was as it is upside down and the film is called 'Devil' this could represent hell. Although I thought the shot was effective I thought it took away the attention from the actual credits, which should have been focused on more, as the audience are too focused on the shot.
I also liked the shot of the elevator which presents danger as the camera shot follows it down, presenting it as intimidating and showing something significant is about to happen. The next shot was of the floor and panned along, this was effective as it presented the more important credits and also was a smooth transition to the man waxing the floor. The ending actually terrified me as it was so out of the blue, a person flying out of mid air onto a truck. This was a really effective film opening as it leaves the audience gripped and wonder what will happen next.
The opening titles of the film really inspired me in thinking about what titles we will use for our films. It also showed how we could make our own titles, from looking at this simple title it allowed me to see how easy it would be to do something similar by simply filming our hands.
Great analysis, Alice - really perceptive comments. Well done.
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