POSSIBLE FILM CLIP #1. Final Destination - Opening Credits

Although considered by many to be a relatively mediocre 2000's slasher film, Final Destination is, at least for its first two acts, filled with some fantastic visual moments. Namely, its opening credits are rife with visual plot foreshadowing, a tense, foreboding musical score and a general sense of fracture. Here it is:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TdNpDFvNmZc

The sharp reflections which fade in along with the text demonstrate an understanding of the needs of its target audience; it is essentially a slasher film and what better way to show this than showing sharp objects and occurrences, namely thunder, a fluttering desk fan and text laid over what appears to be fractured glass.

Another incredibly interesting trait of this particular clip is the way it blends one shot with another. As the camera pans down the window, revealing a disturbing doll figure hanging in space, a slight fade, coupled with the sound of thunder, then another slight fade followed by a cut, is the way it blends together two shots, which could have been achieved with a simple cut. The desk fan (which when zoomed into, is actually an incredibly effective representation of fear of the unknown. What did I see behind those blades and bars of metal? I cannot tell, for a great majority of the time I see blurred outlines, which reveal only to briefly what is behind) acts as an anchor for the unnerving buzz prevalent  in the credits. Sound here primarily anchors a cut or a fade, something which i personally find very aesthetically pleasing. As the shot fades to reveal an extreme close up of the fan, the volume increases, followed by a sound effect which to our ears appears to be a knife being sharpened, coinciding with a credit appearing in the film's trademark 'cut glass' text visual.

Use of sound in conjunction with editing as well as the fantastic visual representation of turn of the century slasher horror is why this excerpt interests me so much. I believe it will be a rewarding challenge to replicate such a visual and auditory feast. 

A face behind the fan?

Fractured and monotone, what a way to start a slasher film