This the title sequence for Riget. It stars Kirsten roffes and Jens okkin. I believe this is the title sequence which relates to mine the most. I got the title sequence from Art of the title.
1.) The first shot of the Riget sequence is similar to the first shot of my sequence as it is hard to recognize what is going on. The fact that my shot is blurred allows the audience to recognize the character is unstable as my shot is a point of view shot of the mental woman. In the shot for Riget,the person seems to be hiding in the smoke and in my shot you can image somebody waiting at the end of the corridor.
2.) In my shot there is sunlight breaking inbetween the trees which gives the impression that some one is walking through the trees, which creates an eerie and tense atmosphere. The fact that there are no leaves on the trees make the shot scary opposed to beautiful. In contrast to my shot the second shot of Riget has a character presented the in the background of the trees however you can only see a figure which creates a sense of mystery.
3.) In the third shot of Riget, it shows a character in the process of ringing water out of clothes, this creates the idea of normality, however it seems the character is doing it violently which tells us otherwise. In my shot the character is about to blow out a black candle, this is the only shot in both title sequences where characters' features are shown. In the shot of Riget only the hands are shown which creates mystery. In contrast my shot allows the audience to see the character's face and most of their body although it doesn't create as much tension as the shot of Riget, it is scary as it seems like the character is staring right at you.
4.) In my shot, the location is a canal it is eerie as they are normally empty and derelict. The fact that there is deep water is also unnerving as the possibility of drowning is high. The creepy doll helps emphasise this idea, the way the doll is floating lightly on the surface contrasts hugely with the way the body is being thrust in the water in Riget. The shot is so powerful that is makes the viewer envisage suffocation and terror. Although it is clear what is happening, there is still a sense of mystery, which also applies to my shot.
5.) The fifth shot of Riget is by far the most mysterious it is almost impossible to see what is happening it looks like a group of trees however we are not sure. Similarly in my fifth show it is hard to see what is happening, the only thing that is clear is the titles running across the shot.
6.) My shot is of the title of the film, the theme is black background with white text to keep it simple and easy to read. It also creates a sense of mystery as nothing is revealed about the film. The font is not comical nor scary. In contrast in Riget the background is brown, with bold black font as if somebody has carved the letters out of the wood. The wood is chipped and scratched and blood is seeping through the letters which is gruesome. The font on my shot is much smaller, however they are both similar with the layout as the text is in the middle.
7.) In the shot of Riget, a negative effect is used to distort the shot, it is creepy as we can see what is happening but in a different way to normality. Similarly in my shot the pigeons are in negative, which makes them seem strange and demonic.
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8.) This shot of Riget shows a mass of people who look like doctors this indicates that they are in a mental hospital, the blotch of blood on a doctors coat connotates death and bloodshed. My shot contrasts with this as there are no characters present for most of the title sequence. I believe that my shot creates a tenser atmosphere while the Riget shot has the shock factor.
9.) Finally my shot shows the character waking up on a bed, the way the cupboard is ajar suggests there is something watching her, the character's appearence is scary. As my character has escaped from the mental asylum she is not strapped up in a bed like the character in Riget, the tubes connotate pain and her facial expressions create a terrorfying atmosphere.
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