Opening Sequence Analysis
House Of Wax (1953)
Camera Shot/Angle/Movement
establishing shot: in this film the establishing shot is done in the middle of an empty street at night and it is raining. from this shot viewers can tell that the start of the film will take place there.
Sound
the sound for the opening credits is scary because it starts of slow and then builds up pace which tells viewers that the film will have unexpected twists and turns.
Editing
the font of writing that was used in the opening credits look freaky because it looks like melted wax viewers could immediately tell that the use of wax would be used allot in the film it also give a hint of what the film is going to be about.
Locations
the location of this film looks like it took place in an old street in england because of the brick road the type of houses there and the lamp posts.
Characters
for the most part of the opening credits there is no characters that were shown but to the end of the film there is a man walking in the background and because there is no close up so viewer are not able to to tell whether he is the protagonist or the antagonist. but by the way he was walking you could tell that he was either tying to get out of the rain or get home quickly.
Genre
from this opening the viewers can tell that it could be a thriller or a horror film because of the the background music and the establishing shot and the type of font that was used made the opening credit look grim and erie.
