Analysing Opening Credits : True Blood

After watching the opening scene of “True Blood” there are many ways in which it supports the fact that it will be a thriller based film. The Scene opens with an image of a dead animal under dark and swampy waters; this makes the viewer feel like the rest of the film will be associated with death. The scene then carries on through a number of short flash images that show a number of disturbing images as well as taboo subjects. One such image of a woman that is in her lingerie may be a taboo subject as women should not be showing large amounts of their body’s, as well as this there are images of women smoking, pole dancing and taking part in sexual activities.
The title of the film is “True Blood” an image contained in the opening scenes that supports this is the image of a young boy eating something which is made to look gruesome, the young boy is shown with blood all over his face which makes the viewer feel reinforced that the film will contain blood within it.

Furthermore there are images of dead animals and animal carcases which show that the film will contain alot of death. The music being played in the background is called “Bad Things” which reinstates what the film may be about; it makes the viewer feel that the film is going to be full of suspense. As well as this by using flashing images it could showing that death will be quick and that the film will have alot of different things going on. True Blood has a good opening to a thriller as it gives an overview of what the film will be about as well as showing that it will be full of suspense and tension. Furthermore it still plays the traditional view of an opening scene as it introduces all of the people involved in making the film.