individual analysis of scene

This is the opening sequence to Saw 1.

When the scene starts the lighting is very dark and non synchronous eerie music

can be heard, there is a Birds eye view shot of a mans face under water, there is

a lot of coughing and spluttering obviously coming from the man who is under the

water. The coughing is very frantic that gives you the idea that the man is scared.

The man then begins to scream 'Help' and sounds completely terrified while this is

going on the screen is completely black nothing can be seen you can just hear the

mans terrified cries for help. Another mans voice is hear his voice sounds very

husky as if he has a sore throat and he sounds more relaxed than the first man

but he says "there's no point in yelling, I've already tried that" which explains he

has been there and already tried shouting for help so although he is more relaxed

than the first man he still sounds very anxious but has calmed down.

The lights are turned on and the lights are very bright and hurts the mens eyes,

there is a panning shot to show the lights turning on one by one, and then a point

of view shot of the first man hiding his eyes from the light. The first man is wearing

a normal striped shirt with a white T-shirt underneath. The second man is wearing

a shirt and tie and patches of sweat can be seen under the arm pits and around

the neck, the seconds mans face also seems to have dirt on it.

We now see the setting of the scene and we see very dirty white tiles behind the

characters and very rusty pipes and a sink can be seen near the second man

and it looks full of grime, It looks like a very old bathroom.

There is then a point of view shot showing the first man and it is very blurry this is

as if the camera is showing what the second mans eyes are doing as they are

registering to the bright lights trying to get a glimpse of the first man.

There is then a tilt down to show what the men are looking at and there is a birds

eye view of a body laid on the floor tiles, with a lot of blood surrounding him.

There is then an extreme close up of the bodies head and then of his hand which

is holding a tape player and then to his other hand that is holding a gun.

The two men then realise they are chained to rusty pipes and cant move much,

there is terrifying screams from the second man while close ups of the chains

and padlocks are used to show the terror the man is going through.

I think this is a really good opening sequence because the audience will already

be freaked out and will want to know why the men are there and why they are

chained up.