Saw III - Opening Credits Analysis (Sound and Mise en scène)

The film starts with an introduction to the institutions. In SAW III the Lionsgate introduction is the first one presented and is backed with background lightning sound effects which are diegetic and parallel to the images of lightning flashing up on screen. The title then fades to black. 

Fading in from black the Twisted Pictures institution title has a very horror specific introduction to SAW III. It follows the Lionsgate title as it too has elements of light flickering whilst the barbed wire is tangling around text which scratches it, revealing scratched and scary text with a spike going through it. 

After all of the institutions have faded from black the blurry lighbulb turns on and appears whilst the camera moves in an uneasy and wavey motion. Between these shots the text which contains the directors name appears in a yellow/grunge coloured font with a green glow, matching the colour of the set. The light flickers on and off as the blur (obviously added in post production) blurs in and out of focus. The two effects a linked with eachother, as they happen at the same time.

The camera then cuts to black to reveal the text which i talked out about to reveal the institution of Twisted Pictures. During this sounds of creeking and metal chruning play in the background to make the audience feel uneasy.

 Through a blur transition, the shot 'whips' from left to right and back again showing the viewer what the room looks like through the actors eyes, this is otherwise known as a POV Shot (Point Of View). Accompanying this, screetching sound effects make the viewer feel uneasy and out of place. The colour of the room is a bold, deep green which has semeotics of jelousy. The character whos postition we are looking from is jelous of people who are safe and at home.

This is the same shot which follows to reveal his face in a mirror that is fixed to his chair. The close up shot (from the mirror) shows all of his emotions; for the first time we get to see his face. The moment of realisation (when he looks in the mirror) is accompanied by the diegetic sound of the metal clanging on the mirror.

For the first time in this scene the viewers get to see an establishing shot, this removes some of the confusion that the director tried to acheive earlier on to make us feel like we were experienciung what he was.  

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