SP - Sample Opening - Saw 5

Saw 5 (David Hackl, 2008)

Budget : $11m

US Box Office : $56m

UK Box Office : $6m

• It is raining heavily and there is non-diegetic sound of thunder in the background

• The opening shot is of a door lit up by a light and the camera slowly starts zooming in on it 

• We see a sign on the door that says trespassers will be prosecuted which signifies someone who has done something wrong is going to be punished in this building

• Extreme long shot of a dark room with someone tied up 

• Mid shot as the camera pans over one side of the persons body and we see he has a series of tatoos on his chest

• Man suddenly awakes and thre is a close up of him to show his emotion of finding himself unable to move.

• Lights come on to add anchorage of the setting 

• High angle of body signifies his lonliness 

• A TV turns on in the corner of the room and a man wearing mask apperas. This is narrative enigma as we never see his face

• He has a very deep, one toned voice which adds tension

• Another light is turned on to discover an axe that will swing above his body

• Close up of clock shows how long he has got until the axe his kill him

• Close up of device that will cut off his hands but freen him from being killed by the  axe

• Quick paced shots as the axe starts swinging above his body 

• Close up of hands being crushed in device

• High angle shot as the axe cuts his body in half 

• Cut away shots as blood hits the walls 

•  Final shot is a POV shot of the victim looking at a door and there is an eye looking back at him through the hole