The Lodger

 Hurtwood; opening title sequence 

So far i have noticed that in my preference the opening sequences work best with very little dialogue and a good soundtrack works best. For example, the opening title sequence the pursuit there was barely any dialogue however some was included this creates a mysterious affect which indulges the audience. I also think I prefer mysterious genre as it creates suspense and its a wide genre that many easy ideas can be told. Moody and gory is also a good genre as many ideas could be brought up. 

The lodger 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mYNWniPA8yo

The opening title sequence the lodge is mainly about a small family living in a cottage, with a extremely normal life. However we can identify that the mother is a murderer and is about get arrested. We can tell she is a murderer because of the cut up hand that she keeps in her kitchen. Suggesting the meat she is cutting for her family is human meat. 

The opening sequence starts with a pleonastic sound of the mother cutting carrots in the kitchen, and a background noise of the children speaking and playing a board game. There is no music or non diegetic sounds creating a feeling of tension and realism. As the mother walk towards the fridge there is a pleonastic sound of her footsteps, this diegetic sound gives a creepy and mysterious tone to this opening scene in the title sequence. As the opening title progresses, the first camera shot to be seen is a point of view, wide shot of the cottage and quickly cuts to a outside shot letting the audience have an idea of what is happening in the house before we actually enter. Then the camera cuts inside the house to a closeup of the mother cutting a carrot. Then it takes us to a closeup of a closeup of the mothers face. Continuing, we can see a wide shot of the kitchen and we see the family sitting on the kitchen table and the mother walking towards the fridge. The camera then focuses on the fridge where the audience can justa bout see a bloody hand at the back of the fridge. While the young boy is out of focus showing that they have no clue about this. Following this, the camera cuts to a shot of the mother standing upo and the father sitting down. The camera is acting as if its the fathers eyes creating a eye line view. This shot shows the mother status and how she is more powerful and knows more than the father. This then quickly cuts to a eye-line match view of the mum looking down at the father. With a shot reverse shot out cuts to the father looking at her back.