Analysis of Insidious:Chapter 2 opening sequence

Camera-
There are a variety of shots used in the opening of Insidious 2, such as close ups, wide shots, the close ups are used to see the characters facial expressions and the wide shot is used at the start to establish the relationship between the set and the characters to show the whole view so the audience understand what has happened.


Most of the shots are over the shoulder this is to connote the relationship between the two characters talking and make he audience feel as if they are their with them. Furthermore, there is a tracking shot used when the male actor moves to grab the dead women in the chair, the use of the tracking shot helps the audience feel to sympathise for him being worried about the dead women, it also makes the target audience focus our attention on him as he seems important that when he moves so does the camera.

Editing- 
There is the editing technique of a fade however instead of fading out it fades in and focuses agains on the women's face, this fade connotes the situation of the dead women is over and there is a new scene beginning, it is effective as the women's facial expression stays the exact same but there is a new scene making the audience feel confused that we have completely moved on.
There are a lot of long takes that make the audience feel uncomfortable as it feels as if the audience are forced to continue watching.

Sound-
There is a non-diegetic sound throughout the first take in the room with the dead women of a very high pitched chime. It is quite hard to listen too as it can hurt your ears making it uncomfortable. Furthermore, it gets lower and higher as the take goes on, not in a rhythm but in random times, this makes it unusual and weird and builds tension as the take goes on and it seems unexpected, there is also a sound bridge. The non-diegtic sound is also quite slow paced, and drags on throughout the take making the audience feel uncomfortable.
There is dialogue throughout of the male husband speaking but no one else knowing what to say. His words and the tone of his voice is masculine and dominant, almost shouting at his wife telling her what to believe. There is also dialogue of the police investigation, it is very serious language used, very tensed with what the investigator is saying to the women. It gains tension when he tells the women "The fingerprints match your husband", this makes the audience feel tensed and get them intrigued as to why the husband was acting so shocked and sympathetic that this women was dead, when it was clear he murdered her. the dialogue uses Roland Barthes theory, as it creates a lot of enigma codes.

Visual-
The body language of the women in the interview is very guarded, she is holding her hands in front of her, and makes it seem like she is scared to open up and say what she feels. The womens husband in the beginning is very confident, he is standing up-straight and even when he kneels down his shoulders and back to show his dominance.
The lighting in the beginning is very low key and dim, it makes it seem very dramatic and unusual as you want to be able to see clearly what is going on  but you can't,
The man is wearing a red shirt which could connote he is dangerous and has a lot of anger in him, the women is wearing black which could connote death, as this women has died and she is wearing black signifies funerals or evil etc.
The facial expression of the women in a close up signifies she is tired or drained, she is clearly upset and distraught as she has tears in her eyes, she could of been up all night to be investigated and she looks very confused. The investigator has a very stern look and signifies his attitude being serious but also sympathetic to the women he is investigating as he knows how hard it is for her.

Audience-
The target audience for this film would be an audience who enjoy moral panic, they enjoy being scared by particular groups in this film it would demons and evil spirits, or it could possibly be an active audience as they might react to the plot of evil spirits or interact with it, they could believe or go as they like to be scared but think spirits and demons are not real

Open title-
The open title is very dramatic, uses the colours of red and black, red connoting danger and black signifying death and evil, it also flickers with writing coming up on the screen, which makes it feel disorientated and makes the audience feel uncomfortable, you can see this below.