Opening of favourite flm

The opening of my favourite film starts off with a black background and red titles. The titles are jagged which suggests a sense of uncertainty. There are broken clips of a woman in distress. You can only see her face, which is covered in blood, the  same colour as the titles. The sound is non-diegetic, it sounds like strings being used to create a heightened, anxious feel. The institutions that release this film are Optimum and Rollercoaster. The word rollercoaster suggests the audience might experience a 'bumpy ride' in their viewing.

The next scene is children in a classroom setting singing nursery rhymes. The woman seen previously with red blood on her face is now the teacher. The classroom is bright, airy, the woman is dressed in a flowery dress. She is pretty and fresh faced, unlike what we see in the beginning. She is able to control the children by keeping them silent, this contrasts to her lack of control in the earlier montage scenes. The teacher is pickedm up by her boyfriend at the end of the week, taking her to Eden Lake for a weekend away. The title Eden Lake suggests a peaceful place but due to the religious connotations of the word Eden, something dangerous might be there to lure them.

When they drive away, an establishing shot suggests London is the setting due to the skyline. It looks quite suburban and affluent. They are both relaxed, talking, driving and listening to the radio. The titles are now in white suggesting the purity of the scene in contrast to the beginning, where they were red. It starts to get darker as they drive and when they pull up to traffic lights teenagers go past on bikes which makes him stop. This foreshadows later on when the teenagers attack and torture the couple. They arrive at a B+B and there are a group of youths in their late teens hanging around. Already this makes the couple and also the audience feel unsettled in comparison to the calmness of the classroom and the car.

This screen grab shows the title. The blood red colour suggests the attack and pursuit that dominates the film. It looks like something has stamped on or smeared onto the title suggesting the latter torture of the couple.