The Village

The opening to the village is very limited in my opinion, quite basic. It begins with a rather disorientating shot of trees, this is used to confuse the audience, which is iconic of thriller films, to make an uncomfortable environment. Very minimalistic lighting, typical to the genre, black tree's on white background which is also iconic of thriller films to have silhouettes. The text dissolves through the image, very slowly to set the slow pace of the movie, along side the eerie music setting the mood of the film. The director had made the decision to follow the stereotypical conventions of the thriller film, as this is what helps the audience understand the genre.
as the pace of the non-diegetic music gradually increases as does the editing of the dissolves until an anticlimactic shot tracking the trees, it becomes clearer that the camera is lost in the woods, by the use of the LA shot looking up towards the trees making them look daunting or scary, iconic of thrillers to make the subject seem small and insignificant.