Tuesday 9 December 2008

Analysis of the opening scene of a Horror film

Saw
(Directed and Produced by James Wan and Gregg Hoffman)

Saw is an American horror franchise that currently consists of five films, the first distributed in 2004 is the first installment of the Saw film series. The film's story revolves around two men who are kidnapped, trapped and locked in an industrial bathroom with a dead body between them and given instructions related to escaping. Police detectives investigate and attempt to apprehend the criminal responsible, the "Jigsaw Killer".

Saw begins with two male characters trapped and chained in a unknown room, or to what looks like a bathroom. An establishing shotn is used to give an insight in to what the room is like while at the same time familarising the audience with the current location. The films often uses flashbacks to tell the story during the duration in which the characters are trapped. This helps to introduce other characters as they have a significance for the main part of the film later on.


Saw Box Office

The production budget was totalled at $1, 200, 000. This was preceeded by a gross revenue of $102,917,772. It was distributed by Lionsgate for its release on October 29, 2004.

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