Textual analysis of Opening sequences

Textual analysis of Opening sequences

A prezi describing the opening sequence of 'The Silence of the Lambs'

Here is a soundcloud of the opening music to The Silence of the Lambs.



The music throughout the title sequence is sinister therefore depicting a psycho-thriller genre. It creates tension which is essential in a thriller as the uses suspense, tension and excitement as main elements. Thrillers heavily inspire the viewer's mood, it can give them high levels of anticipation, uncertainty, surprise, anxiety and terror. Films of this genre tend to be adrenaline-rushing and fast-paced. The opening music reflects the terror and anxiety thrillers hold.

Another film under the thriller genre I studied the opening sequence of was 'Se7en' starring Brad Pitt and Morgan Freeman.

"A film about two homicide detectives' desperate hunt for a serial killer who justifies his crimes as absolution for the world's ignorance of the Seven Deadly Sins. The movie takes us from the tortured remains of one victim to the next as the sociopathic "John Doe" sermonizes to Detectives Sommerset and Mills -- one sin at a time. The sin of Gluttony comes first and the murderer's terrible capacity is graphically demonstrated in the dark and subdued tones characteristic of film noir. The seasoned and cultured but jaded Sommerset researches the Seven Deadly Sins in an effort to understand the killer's modus operandi while the bright but green and impulsive Detective Mills scoffs at his efforts to get inside the mind of a killer."

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0114369/