Opening Two Minutes of Sleepy Hollow

The horror genre is introduced by using creepy music, mist on the opening titles, which are on a black screen, and a close up of a blood-like liquid. Pathetic fallacy (lightning and rain) and dark colours are used to set the mood, which is gloomy. The mise-en-scene is a letter, evidently a will, being written and an old hand holding a young one, which suggests that something sad will happen or has previously. The narrative is introduced as a plan being constructed. I would take the use of music to set the creepy mood and use it in my own film opening. The camera shots used are mainly close-ups, and there are some point-of-view angles to make the audience feel as if they are in the film.

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I have learnt about match on action, an editing technique for continuity editing in which one shot cuts to another portraying the action of the subject in the first shot. Also, I learnt about shot reverse shot, where one character is shown looking at another character, who is then shown looking at the first. I am now aware of the 180 degree rule, in which over the shoulder shots are used to show different points of view. The cameraman must stay on the same side when filming, or when the piece is edited it will be confusing and not make sense.

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