SP - Sample Opening - Bride of Chucky

Bride of Chucky (Ronny Yu, 1998) 

Budget : $25m

US Box Office : $32m

UK Box Office : £526 k

The sequel of Childsplay (Tom Holland, 1988)

• White text with a black background signifies a serious film and may also connote good and evil

• The American flag signifies the location but also the pride Americans have

• It is windy, raining, there is thunder and lightning and it is set at night are stereotypical features of a horror film

• Establishing, panning shot and dutch angle signifies something is wrong

• Information on the sign adds anchorage and exposition

• The flashing and shadows connote thunder and lightning but it also adds tension

• There is an evidence locker and things are moving inside it which signifies that someone is coming or has gone past

• The mask and chainsaw etc are intertextual references

• Close up of hand signifies the opening of the evidence locker but also danger

• The low angle / long shot is a POV which signifies the man is being followed and probably killed