Group analysis: Evil Dead - Wednesday

Evil Dead - Title sequence


The beginning of the sequence shows the title of the film; Evil Dead. the title looks like blood vessels which connotes that the film will be about blood and death. The music is orchestral which builds tension within the audience.The use of the red and black contrasts and makes the red stand out. Red connotes danger and blood. The use of extreme close ups make the audience feel uncomfortable and nervous as they cannot see any characters and only weapons.

 The shot of blood on the wood makes the audience think of cabins, which shows that the diegesis of the film could be set some where rural; like a cabin. The music makes the audience feel 'spooked' which makes the audience think of demons and part of the paranormal. There are multiple shots of skin/meat/flesh ripping, cutting, slicing, stabbing which makes the audience think there will be a lot of violence in the film. The lightbulb filling up with blood makes could symbolise no hope within the film and foreshadow that something bad will happen in the film.

There is a shot of a girl's head with a chainsaw ripping through it, this shows to the audience  the brutality of the film and the level of violence within the film. The use of slow pace editing makes the audience feel tension building. The finger dropping into a pool of blood connotes and foreshadows themes of torture and death.

The use of scratchy font and symbols makes the audience think of paranormal, demons and a higher power. The chain symbolises torture, restriction and prison, this may foreshadow what will happen within the film. The music builds and gets faster, this makes the audience feel more tense and foreshadows more death. The fire could connote destruction, hell and chaos, this could foreshadow what happens in the film to the audience.