Ginger Snaps - Camera Angles

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The title sequence of the film "Ginger Snaps" is a rapid view of several people during and after horrific deaths. The sequence uses little moving scenes but more focuses on the freeze-frame of the victims. In order to avoid a heavy slide show feel, the movie uses camera movement and angle to emphasizes the severity of the wounds and deaths.

The first death we see is a young girl presumably after being ran over by a car as she is lying behind a car wheel with her limbs spread in odd angles. The camera pans and zooms into her face to show a small trickle of blood coming out of the corner of her mouth, implying internal bleeding. The camera then cuts to a side shot where her body is clearly visible, yet she doesn't give immediate signs of death which is probably why the blood was shown before hand.

By a combination of the camera's movement shown and lighting, it is not entirely clear whether the subject of a section is dead or not. During one scene a girl makes an obscene hand gesture at the camera while a pitchfork is stabbed through her neck. This can imply that she is still alive but pretending, someone on the brink of death would likely not have the energy to raise their hand as she did. Another scene shows a girl laughing after her "death" is showcased. With the use of camera angles in these scenes by moving fast or rapidly to disguise the fact that they are actually alive, it gives the effect of a child's prank, which is supported by the girl laughing and clear disrespect of whoever is watching.

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