Blog 4 - analysis of opening sequences

Jennifer's body
In the opening sequence there are a few settings that we see. One setting is a mental hospital in which Needy is sitting in a box room that looks slightly padded; it is rather tall with a window high up. The next time Needy is seen she is in the canteen area of the mental hospital screaming and kicking a member of staff. The film then rewinds to the beginning and Needy is in bedroom with her boyfriend getting ready to go to a gig at a bar with Jennifer. Jennifer and Needy then head to a bar which is old looking and is full of people. Jennifer's clothing is typical of a teen horror film that is targeted towards males between 18 and 29.
The film instantly makes you care about Needy & Jennifer and there friendship and what went wrong between them and why Needy is in a mental hospital.



Sorority Row
The first thing you see in this film is a typical teen horror setting, a house party at the college, the party is full of scantily clad teenage girls and there are a few topless guys floating around. Upstairs in one of the rooms the main characters are talking about a practical joke there playing on there friends boyfriend. In another room the girl is laying on the bed looking half dead, her boyfriend is looking worried, she then starts convulsing and foaming at the mouth. There is then a long drive to a deserted area; the long drive creates suspense. The girl who is pretending to be dead then gets stabbed in the lungs, the blood comes pouring out and is very well done as it looks extremely real to the audience.
I think this film appeals to it's target audience very well as it's a typical teen horror and has many scantily clad women in it; this means the target audience which is males between 18 and 29 are well catered for. Instantly you start to care about the 6 girls and 1 of the girls boyfriend. The film also wants you to wonder what happens to the girls body so it draws you so you want to finish watching it.


Both films  are aimed at males between 18 & 29 aswell as being aimed at people who like horror films. The films are aimed at a wide range of people so that they are able to cater to many needs instead of aiming at one kind of group.