16. Evil Dead Opening Sequence Analysis

A title sequence is the opening introduction to a film giving us an idea of what may be in the film or give us any clues as to what may or may not happen.

Ingredient	Purpose
Production and Cast Credits	Telling us the companies, directors, actors etc. that are involved with the film.
Theme	Giving us a very brief overview of the theme and what is going to happen in the film. Without giving away too much to the audience.
Imagery	Giving us an insight as to what may happen. Example here there is a head cut open and blood coming out.
Genre	Giving us an idea of what the film is about and the kind of things that may happen
Mood or atmosphere	This adds to the genre in that we see whether the there is any conflict or anything significant between the characters.
Title	The title adds to the theme by having veins in the letters representing the amount of blood that will be shed in the film.
Music	This also gives the audience a glimpse of the time period by the instruments and the tension in the film etc.

 The opening title sequence for the film Evil Dead begins with the credit sequence introducing the audience to the director Fede Alvarez and the crew before introducing the cast to the audience. 

The transition used to introduce the text is that it comes up at the same time as the shot and fades out with the shot. The text is the colour red which matches the base of the film as it is referring to blood and during this open sequence there is a lot of blood shown, which could be a indication of whats to come. The colour red connotes blood and fire and in the opening there is both blood and fire in one part. 

The mood of the title sequence is created by the non-diegetic sound which adds to the atmosphere of the opening.The music builds up from the start, increasing the tension and mood.  The music in this opening sequence is haunting, intense, dramatic and spooky as almost like choir voices add to the terror of the film and it already spooks the audience before the film has even begun. 

Although we do not meet any of the characters in this opening, we can tell that some of them will die like we see a head being sawn open with a chainsaw and fingers cut off. There are many objects in this opening that could connect to the rest of the film like nails, a chainsaw, a knife, a lightbulb with blood in, chains and a crowbar. There are also other elements in this sequence that may connect with the rest of the movie like the blood dripping down some stairs, flesh being cut open, blood dripping through floorboards and there is a big focus on fire at the end of the opening.