Analysis of the first two minutes

This film opens on a credit sequence which reveals to the viewer that the events shown in the film were all real events. This will instantly affect the way that the viewers see the film. It will make them more scared because they will think of the film as less of an entertainment purpose and more of a reminder that they people in the film could have been them and the events shown in the film could have happened to them in real life. My group are considering using this credit technique to create an added 'scary' effect on the audience to a try to make them more engaged with the film.

After the credit sequence there is a black screen with the synchronous sounds of digging and bones hitting together. This encourages the audience to use their imaginations more to imagine what could be happening. Occasionally as this is happening there are quick bright flashes of dead people’s body parts. The use of quick image flashes like this makes the image stay in the viewer’s mind, making them more effective in scaring the audience.