Shannon Evaluation - 1

Our media product is the first two minutes of a thriller film, in our first shot we went against the ‘norm’ of a pan establishing shot which I found throughout my research is the typical opening scene however we wanted our opening scene to be different and used a medium close up, we used this as it plays on our genre as a thriller and immediately grabs your attention and makes you wonder why the girl is there which establishes the plot.

                 
  Here is a great example of an opening scene from my research which inspired us

We chose to set out the plot in a nonlinear format as we feel it creates more suspicion and allows for the plot to prevail throughout the film and keeps you guessing right to the very end. As we have used the most significant point in the film at the very beginning this will take you on a journey as to how she got there.

In the initial 5 seconds or so we have used non diagetic sound which is a sound track that is played throughout, there is then a moment of silence which creates atmosphere and tension, we then hear diagetic sound between the two characters. We have also used sound bridges to create continuity. We also edited the audio and the visual between the chase scene to jump between shots to give that rushed feeling.

In terms of typography we have used a simple clear text as in the negotiator however we have chosen to use the text over the moving images rather than still as it creates a sense of fluidity, we also used key frames when using the titles so that they dissolve when the characters walk past them which makes them look part of the opening sequence and not like they have just been put on top of an image.

We have used a pull focus shot on two occasions which gives a great effect as it shows who the woman is wanting and it gives a clue as to who is following the girl without revealing the full identity leaving a sense of mystery. Within the chase scene we have also used a canted angle shot which immediately implies something is wrong and something is going to happen.

The lighting we have used gives a ‘dingy’ feel which co-indices with our genre and shows the focus is on the girl, the lighting we used wasn’t a bright white light and had a blue feel showing the cold and sadness of the girl.