RESEARCH - Previous Student Film Opening

I decided to watch the film opening Violet, which was a film opening made by previous A2 students who took media studies.

MISE EN SCENE

Location

The location chosen for the film opening worked very well. The students used a wood for part of the film opening and it helped to create a thrilling atmosphere that had the audience on edge. Parts of the opening were also filmed in a house. The house seemed quite old fashioned which worked well with the openng as I dont think it would have been as scary if it was filmed in a modern house.

Lighting

Low key lighting is used n majority of the film opening aprt from when camera effects are used to change the contrast on the screen. The low key lights creates tension and is often used in many thrillers so it works well when creating a spooky atmosphere.

Costume

The main character was dress in a plan white dress. The colourof this worked well as we could see the blood clearly which would have been harder if she was wearing dark colours. The use of blood on her clothes makes the audience wonder how it got there andimplies someone has been killed or injured.

Props

There weren't many props used in this film opening. The props used were photographs which were on screen when a person was looking through them and this was only a screen for a breif amount of time.

EDITING

Personally I think the editing shown in Violet was the best part of the opening. Layered images and short quick shots are used to create a thrilling atmosphere. A good example of layered images in the opening is the part in the woods which gives a distorted picture. A good example of the short quick shots is shown at the end of the opening and this is used very well as the sequence of shots come to a abburpt end when the person shown on camera wakes up inplying they were having a nightmare.

SOUND

The loudest sound used is the music which is played throughout the whole film opening. There also scratching sounds and sound effects such as the wind which is used when we see the girl in the woods, also we hear an owl noise which gives a realistic feel to the opening. The sounds also work well together when merged into one sequence and the use of multiple sounds has been done well.

CAMERA 

Long shots are used when the girl is in the woods so that we can view her whole body and track her movement. This changed when we see her body in the house and we have medium shots of her face as the camera tracks down her body.