Analysis

Dexter’s Opening Sequence 

Camera angles – They use close ups of Dexter to create a sense of power in his character which makes viewers feel more intimidated by him. Several close-ups are used when showing his skin or things that look like flesh/blood. This reminds the viewer of what the show is about- murder. 

Sound - The music has a sinister tone that makes viewers uneasy. Sometimes you can hear the actions that are being done e.g. when he kills the fly you can hear it which reminds us of the premise of the show which is murder. 

Lighting- The lighting gets brighter when Dexter reaches outside, making it look like he is transitioning into normal life. The darker lighting used when he’s inside makes his life indoors appear more hidden, suggesting he leads a double life. As the lights so bright outside it makes the scene look fake, whereas the scenes shot indoors appear more real.  

Editing- Within the sequence, they show an object then close up on it afterwards (e.g. they showed Dexter cut himself shaving then in the next shot they closed up on the blood). This again reminds us of the shows premise being about murder. The pace of the editing often changes, some scenes are shot very quickly whilst others are longer, making the audience feel on edge.

Psycho

Psycho

This opening title is a very intense one that creates alot of tension and suspense to the film. Its no seeing of characters , music and colour scheme all represent the horror genre

In the opening titles of psycho no charcaters are shown , all that we see is a black background and grey lines dashing back and forth accompained by what sounds like sharp piano music. The fact no characters are used creates a mystery as we prapare for the unknown , which scares people the most not knowing what's happening.

The music featured in psycho is very intense , causing viewers to be on edge as it never seems to propelry settle down . Its sounds as if someones being chased from something creating an anixous and scared feeling to the audience before they have even seen the film. The music immidiately indicats to viewers that this is a horror theme , the use of the high piano creates the intensity of the opening credits

The colour scheme used is black , white and grey . These dennote just normal colours but connate underling representations in the film. The black connates death and danger , this are the two most dominant themes of the film and the opening squence gives clues on that by the black used in the scene. White can connate innocence , in this film people are potrayed as innocent as there trying to find out the mystery and are oblivious to what is going on. The grey shows the mysetrcial theme to the film which is supported by not showing the characters in the opening

Vertigo

Vertigo

Vertigo has a very unusual opening seqeunce as it focuses on an unknown women in the begnning then later the camera zooms into her eyes and see's what she can see.

It engages viewers as it creates suspense and mystery as we dont know who the women and why we are focusing on her. This immediately questions the reader and makes them more interested in whats going on making them want to watch the rest on the film

The colours in this film are simliar to the ones in pscyho but its more bright in this one. White , black and red is used . The white connates innocence , the black connates death and danger and red connates lust , seductition and blood.

The opening only consists of one character and her emotions in one scene. Her eyes roll suggesting she is scared of something that only she has seen but as viewers we have not . In alfred hitchcocks opening he dosent give away much of whats going to happening , for example psychos opening titles had no characters and this opening only has close up's of one women that we don't know. This is done to create myserty in the scene