Research for our opening sequnce

 

 

Research for our opening sequence

 

 

 

We continued to research our opening sequence in order to gain inspiration for camera angles for the hanging scene as well as how explicit other products displayed the hanging.

 

 

In the American Western, True Grit (directed and produced by the Coen Brothers) uses a very explicit hanging scene.

 

 

 

The wide shot used fully shows the hanging, and the sound clearly shows that the men's necks were broken. The wide shot really allows the audience to fully see the hanging and makes it hard for them to focus on anything else.

 

 

Additionally, in the 2000  American docudrama Nuremburg there is a very effective hanging scene.

 

 

The use of slow motion is very effective here as it really captures the horror of the hanging and allows the audience to fully witness the event. The low angle shot from beneath the victim is very powerful as it makes the audience feel as if the body is coming straight towards them. It also shows the terrible wait between falling and death. The combination of the this low angle shot and the slow motion makes this hanging very explicit.

 

In our opening sequence we could use both effects in order to really capture the length of time the girl falls for until the moment she hangs herself.