what is supernatural about the supernatural

Today I was researching the supernatural genre, and it got me thinking how Its introduced in a movie opening.

Many supernatural movie intros start off with a sense of the unknown that makes a suspense start to the movie. "The Sixth Sense" for example the movie introduces a child who claims to see the dead at the beginning. leaving audiences with curiosity and but also have a feeling of uncanny. But it doesn't completely separate the real world to this it adds a magical element to it. One feature in supernatural opening is the use of lighting. Whether it's the candlelight flickering in a house to indicate a ghost or the glow of moonlight in a forest for a werewolf, the lighting choices are deliberate and contribute significantly to the eerie atmosphere, that is now commonly known within this genre.

Perhaps the most interesting aspect is the teasing of the supernatural things happing without revealing too much. These intros are great in suspense, offering glimpses of the mysterious forces at play while keeping the most of the supernatural elements hidden yet watching many of these types of movies each different class of the supernatural has there own type of intros that let the audience know what they're getting into. these intros are created specifically to leave audiences on the edge of their seats, waiting for answers.

 

 

"If love is like Possessions. maybe my letter are like my exorcisms" - Jenny Han

So, I've been brainstorming for  movie intro project, and I'm faced with the task of picking a genre to dive into. For this I decided to research my favorite genre's Romance and Horror.  

Let's talk Romance first. I mean, who doesn't love watching the chemistry between two characters unfold? As I watch the intros of some of my favorite romance films, I realized the different ways to approach this genre they offer from dramatic to comedy. One of my favorite intros is to all the boys I loved before that starts with a very fantasy romance that introduces the main character as a hopeless romantic, lost in her own world. This intro and many different romance intros are very much into establishing the characters, rather then the plot.  

    

And then there's Horror. The opening scenes of a horror movie always hinting at something about to happen at leaving audience at their edge of their seats waiting to jump out of their skins. As I watch the intros of my favorite horror films, I can't help but notice at how they set up the fear. From eerie atmospheres to creepy music. Most them start with a character who isn't relevant in the movie at all and dies in the intro introducing to the villain of the movie. It straight to action to establish a mood and the plot. Scream is one the examples I looked at it where the primary character in the first scene has nothing to do with the rest only thing connecting her to rest of the movie is the killer.  

 

I'm going to look at other genres before I decide to settle but these two are what my focus went to when I learned about the project.