Saw 4 Opening Sequence

Opening Sequence - Saw 4

In the opening sequence to Saw 4, we see the idents for the production company and distributor. Then we are introduced to the main antagonist of the series Jigsaw, this starts with a horizontal pan of Jigsaw's body, as he has his autopsy. The surgeon performing the autopsy finds a cassette inside Jigsaw's stomach and it is given to the protagonist in this film (Lieutenant Hoffman) to listen to, there is a sinister message in the message for Hoffman. We are positioned to dislike Jigsaw because of how evil he is, let alone the fact he has died and we are supposed to feel sorry for Hoffman as we know he is the one who will undergo more of Jigsaw's infamous tests. There are alot of camera shots on Jigsaw's body, alot of close-ups when he is having his body cut open and a lot of close ups on the parts that have been taken out, a medium shot when the cassette is playing of his body as if he's talking from the dead and there's a close-up of Hoffman as he listens to the tape. The opening sequence reveals that the setting will be quite a dark place by the colour pallette used in the surgery theatre. The editing is slow paced cuts which shows this is quite a slow process.
There is a fast, low pitched score at the end under Jigsaw's voice when Hoffman listening to the tape and when Hoffman has finished listening to the tape there is a loud bang and a noise which sounds like someone screaming, the title is then shown at the end in the middle of the screen in a sharp white font and it is then emphasised by a brighter flow of white going through the word as it becomes broader in the background.