Blog 4 Analysis of opening sequences

Sorority row, in the opening sequence the setting is a house party in the middle of the night giving it a sense of something horrific is going to happen, another setting is a building site were the main characters carry on the prank and were we see the first death early on in the film to keep the audience engaged. This setting is particularly used as it is deserted and anything/someone could be hiding round one of many corners. The costume in the opening sequence is very little exposing the bodies of both genders appealing to all of the audience, language used is typical teenage slang used in America, lighting in the sequence is low key as its a house party and its the middle of the night but also its typical of the horror conventions.
          In Jennifer's body the opening sequence starts out with the setting the same as sorority row a house in a remote location in the middle of the night but moves to another location where we are introduced into another character in a mental hospital two contrasting settings, costume in the sequence is Jennifer wears typical trendy teenage clothing and needy in the mental institution is wearing pyjamas but changes into her inmate overalls, lighting used is high key as its day time in the mental institution.This opening sequence appeals to the audience of teen horror as the main characters are teenagers making it easier to relate and they are all mostly female appealing to the gender that mainly watches teen horror as you can see in the table in blog 2.