The Village Deconstruction

The scene opens with eerie music and a dark background. You can see the sky and the clouds but there is no sun or blue sky. This could be portrayed as pathetic fallacy and would tell us of the genre of the film that you are about to watch. There is a tree behind the credits and the camera is slowly moving and changing angles so that you can see it more clearly. There are no leaves on the tree so this would leave it looking more sinister and evil but at the same time, vulnerable. As the tempo of the music increases, so does the speed of the camera and the edits. It becomes quite suspenseful when it is constantly moving and changing the shot. The music builds to a climax and then the wild movements of the camera stop as well. The music has calmed down and so has the scene. The new picture is a long shot of the forest from quite a low angle so you can see the vastness of the forest. It also shows you how isolated it is and how alone you would be if you were actually in the forest. The font used for the credits is quite old fashioned and because the forest is quite empty, it shows you how far away from urban life it is. The movement of the camera is quite disorientating because t moves around so rapidly and changes direction a lot. If it weren’t for the sky, you would struggle to decide what is up and what is down. I think this was intentional in the film because it wants to keep your attention and if you are confused, you are more likely to think throughout the film. I think this opening scene works because straightaway you can tell what type of film it is and it makes you slightly wary because of the unpredictableness of the camera movements. And that doesn’t include any acting yet.