Saw 1- thriller opening analysis

Saw is an American independent horror filmed released in 2004.

In this shot, the audience are introduced to a main character, Billy (a puppet). It creates a sense of unusual horror as he appears to be a sinister puppet.

In this shot, the main character (Jigsaw) is introduced to the audience. More contextual information is given in the subheading of the newspaper. This immediately suggests to the audience that the film involves people being murdered.

In this shot featuring 'it's his game' creates a sense of mystery and thrill to the opening sequence for the audience.

This long shot introduces the audience to an important character in the film. It also allows the audience to see the location of the shot and it acts like an establishing shot, which allows the audience to form an opinion of the set.

Another title used to personalise the opening sequence, which would be used to interact with the audience and make them think how they would react to being in the situation that the two characters are placed into.

In this medium close up, it introduces one of the characters playing the game. However it shows one of the torture devices which can kill. This adds a sense of horror and thriller to the scene and will interest the audience and they will wonder whether she makes it out in time.

In this long shot, it shows the location of the film. The lighting creates the idea that something bad is going to happen because the area is not well lit and there appears to be smoke/fog on the ground with a green tint.

In this medium close up of a man in a pig mask, in a bath tub. This adds a sense of fear and thrill to the opening as they may be portrayed as a kind of monster to the audience. The lighting is high key and unnatural to distort the shot and add to the sense of fear and draw the audiences attention to the pig mask.

This is the final shot of the opening sequence. It is very simplistic and is only introducing the name of the film to the audience. The colour green is featured to add to the tension and make the shot feel unrealistic and creepy.