Title and opening sequence of 1408.

Seconds	Image
14	Black Screen with title ‘Dimesion Films presents’
29	Road at night, torrential rain. Pathetic fallacy-The rain could represent the mood of the whole film. Low key Lighting.
35	Pan shot across screen. Title ‘Samuel L Jackson’
42	Close up of the car and title of the film. The title gives connotations of a ghost, or ink caused to run by the rain.
45	Camera tracks the car reversing-Shows the driver may have gone the wrong way
54	Close up of the drivers face
56	POV shot of the sign, shows the drivers lost
59	Close up of him looking at a map
1:15	Long shot of a car pulling up to a house in the woods – shows isolation Actors names on the screen.
1:24	Rain has got harder when the person goes over a bridge. Also shows the place is isolated
1:31	Long shot of a big house, with more titles of actors’ names, also a POV shot, which looks like someone’s watching the main character.
1:37	The scene switches, mise en scene becomes a lot more light and happy, with high key lighting.
1:47	Dialogue; ‘Mike, Checking in’ This shows the audience that the big house is a hotel.
1:59	Shot reverse shot between the main character and the couple in the hotel. Finishes with “you probably want to hear about our haunted history”.

This title sequence iis very simple and set the mood for the rest of the film. The very beginning features a completely black screen with a title for the production company. Then the rest of the title sequence is merged into the opening of the film. The opening scene of the film sets the tone for the rest of the film, as its raining the audience know that the mood of the film is going to be dark and gloomy, this is called pathetic fallacy. We could use these ideas in our films, using the weather as a contributing factor into setting the mood for the film. Also, the first opening lines of dialogue suggests what the film is about; "you probably want to hear about our haunted history". This tells the audience that the film could be a horror/thriller, or feature some connotations of those films.