The Ward - Opening Credits

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Shot 1:

- What colours are used and why?

An old coffee/teabag colour and black has been used to give a hand drawn effect on the picture providing the audience with the information needed to understand that it is an dated image from what seems like the medieval period. This suggests that research may have gone into finding this, meaning it is needed and wanted by someone for some reason and, assuming from the information given, this reason is torture.

- What type of shot has been used and why?

An extreme close up on this image lets one specific point become the only thing necessary to the viewers. This allows all attention to be on the man who seems to be struggling from the situation he is in. Facial expression can also be seen clearly here which supplies the information needed to determine what this person is thinking and feeling. One reason why this may be required is to show the pain and suffering that may be present and therefore creating an atmosphere of anxious pleading.

- How has space been used?

Space is being wisely used here, filling the whole shot with just one object and no actors offers an insight into this persons world. It is allowing the emphasis towards the event that is taking place, making it seem as if it is you who is stood in that same room, watching carefully and analysing what is happening.

- What type of lighting has been used and why?

In this frame, the spotlight is on the only important piece of the picture, supporting it and confirming all focus is where it should be. Dimming and blurring the two opposite corners gives a sliced effect the picture, something which may signify and represent the cutting and ripping of the body shown. Giving a gruesom meaning to this particular snapshot ensures that the horror theme is being retained and that audiences interest will not be lost.

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Shot 2:

- What colours are used and why?
 The colours in this shot are similar to that in the first. They have been used to create an old, medieval picture that looks as though it has been carefully chosen by someone for their own personal use. The grey and white allows the audience to interpret this as being glass.

- What type of shot has been used and why?
This is an extreme close up on a picture, pointing out the womans tied up hands. By doing this it is stereotyping the venerability of females and the fact that, in the medieval period, they were said to be witches, giving the audience a reason for why she may be in this situation.

- How has the space been used?
Only the centre of the screen has been used, cutting off most of the body and creating an illusion of amputation.

- What type of lighting has been used and why?
lighting has been used to highlight certain points of the glass, generating shadow around the image, something that might hint to how the film may come across.

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Shot 3:

- What colours are used and why?
The main, an near enough only colour used in this shot is white. It symbolises and gives off a ghostly aura, inferring death. Her hair has been chosen to be black, used to clash with the mass of white and so making it the main point that automatically stands out, revealing again that this may be stereotypical. Black and white may have also been used to highlight the individual roles in the film - White portraying her as peaceful and honest, whereas the black show him to be the destroyer.

- What type of shot has been used and why?
A mid shot of a person has been photographed but an extreme close up has been used to present it in this shot. Again, this provides the audience with the main information needed to be able to work out what is happening in this shot and then using this, along with the others, to set a theme to the film.

- How has the space been used?
The image has been located on the right side of the frame, cutting out a persons body and only showing their arm/hand. Because of this is, it is producing mystery and allows the audience to question his presence.

- What type of lighting has been used and why?
The lighting in this shot has been barley been used, creating lots of shadows and bordering the section the audience is supposed to be focusing on. It may also give us a clue as to what type of scene this may have been - dark and eerie.