Texas Chainsaw Massacre opening analysis

Shot 1: 

The opening credits text. This involves a narrator talking about the tragedy of 5 youths, getting viewers exited/on edge for the film.

Shot 2:

 This black screen came with various sounds such as sawing, digging, cracking and snapping with some creepy ambiance, suggesting that some vile work is being done in secret.

Shot 3:

 Occasionally, there is a flash, and some decomposed body parts appear on screen, confirming our previous theory of secret evil.

Shot 4:

 The high-pitched sound that happens whenever the body parts appear put the viewer on edge.

Shot 5:

 This shot is the second image of two pictures in quick succession, suggesting that something else is about to happen.

Shot 6:

We finally get a clear shot of our dead body. The orange sky indicates that there is a sunset, so whoever put these dead bodies here could do it secretly when everyone else was in bed.

Shot 7:

The camera zooms out, showing that there are multiple dead bodies out in the open, and an ominous monument is also shown in the background. A radio tells a story of the police doing investigations of corpses being taken from their graves and being hung up at the graveyards, which is presumably what we are being shown now. Occasionally, only part of the corpse is removed, with the rest of the body being left behind. Apparently, no suspects are in custody. MEANING THAT WHOEVER DID THIS IS STILL OUT THERE.

Shot 8:

After the opening with the corpses in the sunset, we are shown a bloody screen with the title. The blood goes well with the rotting corpses from earlier, and will likely turn out to be foreshadowing for future events. The same can be said with the title. It's highly unlikely that a film called "Texas Chain Saw Massacre" won't involve large quantities of bloodshed.

I must confess that I have not actually seen the entirety of "Texas Chain Saw Massacre", but it does sound like a classic horror film, and I think that I should watch the whole film at my first opportunity.


Alex Harris 29/09/2016



Comments

  1. Unknown9 October 2016 at 08:25

    Well done Alex. You can relax now you've done exactly what I asked you to and done it well too.
    Both of these analyses are good although both could include more technical terminology and analysis of particular techniques, nevertheless there is a clear attempt at analysis with some techniques being singled out.
    Conventions of horror done as a spidergram could have had some illustrations but the history of horror is detailed and engaging. In a future post try wrapping the text around the pictures for a more professional effect.
    Again, well done.

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