The conventions of torture porn films are death, blood, shock, violence, torture, tension and victims. Saw follows these conventions in its opening sequence.
The scene starts in darkness and faint outlines of a man gasping for air as water goes down a plughole, this is a mixture of shock and confusion for the audience as they can't tell exactly what is happening. Tension is built through periods of silence and darkness as the character continues to gasp for air and expresses his confusion of his situation. The lights are turned on by a second character and instantly the room fills with light as rows of lights turn on, and there are close ups of everything in the room which sum up the conventions.
A very grotty washroom can be seen with blood all over the walls and floor. Two men are in opposite corners chained bu their ankles to pipes this signifies them as victims. Between them is a corpse holding a handgun and a cassette player this shows death and the handgun suggests there will be violence
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