Friday 4 November 2011

1408 title sequence

14 Secs-A black screen 'Dimension Films Presents' - (Production company).
29 Secs-Rainy road, low key lighting. Pathetic fallacy- weather matches tone of the film. First actor name appears (John Cusack)
35 Secs-Camera pans across the road and the actor's name 'Samuel L. Jackson' appears on the screen.
43 Secs-Title fades with a ghostly glow.
45 Secs-The car stops and reverses - the camera tracks the car.
53 Secs-Close up of the driver shinning a torch.
56 Secs-Point of View shot of the road sign - adds to the idea of him being lost.
60 Secs-Close up of the driver looking at the map to try and figure out where he is.
75 Secs-Car pulling into an isolated house in the middle of the woods - connotes horror.
84 Secs-The rain has got even worse as the driver stumbles over the bridge.
94 Secs-Point of View shot possibly by something or someone watching character walking up to the house.
97 Secs-Mise-en-scene immediately changes to high key lighting and neutral colours on the walls as a possible calming meaning.
108 Secs-Dialogue exchanged "Mike Checking In" which shows that the isolated building is a hotel.
119 Secs-The owners of the hotel begin to explain about the haunted history of the building.


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