Shrooms Deconstruction

The opening scene of Shrooms starts with a black background, accompanied by dramatic music. Then frantic breathing is put over the top so it becomes suspenseful. The clip opens to a mid-shot of an empty forest that is surrounded by fog. Then a woman runs past and the camera does a pan shot so that it is able to follow her across the screen. From the way that she is running and panicking, you can tell that she is running from something. The clip then changes to a long shot of a creepy looking building that looks really old. It looks like the shot is from a while ago because the clarity of the shot is reduced and seems quite unfocused. The next shot is of the same clarity and you can clearly see that it is black and white. The shot is of a toppled-over bucket with blood oozing out of it. The following clips are of the same idea and are quite disturbing. In each one there are a lot of shadows involved and when there is a person, you can never see their face because they’re hidden. It makes the audience wonder if this is what the woman was running from and if so, what they are. Each scene gets more and more graphic, and it shows a lot of blood and ‘victims’. As the music continues, you can still hear other noises as well; the heavy breathing, a child crying and eerie night-time noise.  When the camera goes back to the forest, you can tell that it is isolated because there is nothing around. You can also see some mushrooms on the floor of the forest as the woman runs by, which is followed by the title ‘Shrooms’ popping up. I think this opening scene is good because it leaves a lot to your imagination, which allows you to think about who these people are and why they’re in such a sinister looking place. The fact that the camera doesn’t allow us to see the faces of the people, I think emphasises that they are either inhuman in the way they act or think. I think the titles help the scene because they have an ominous look about them and a sort of haze to the outer edges of them.  This opening scene tells the audience that it is a horror by the colour scheme and choice of music and shadows.