Tuesday, 17 December 2013

Opening Scenaration - Miss Miller


The opening scenaration begins with a panning shot that consists of many elements which are conventional to the thriller genre. For example the suburban neighbourhood and. Night time settings. With elements of sppoky sound added this will set into the narrative of a riller instantly engaging the audience.The scene is set around the idea of the equilibrium which gives the audience a reassuring feeling and making them sense the unexpected. Within the panning shot we add a smooth transition which will eventually faded into the following scene. This will have a subtle effect on the audience which will settle them into the thriller increasing the feeling of suspense for when kidnapping occurs.The  following shot will be of leandra walking slowly into her house using an over shoulder following shot. The. We will have a fading in edit showing us leandras bedroom using a high angle shot in order to portray her in a vunerable way so that the audience feel how inoccent she is. 

After that seen there will be a jump cut and close up emphasising the text message recieved on her phone and the sppokiness of the anonymous texter within the narrative. The following text will say "im watching you" . This scene will slowly unravel thhe series of unfortunate events about to occur for the poor girl. The straight cut will demonstrate to us a blurred figure of the supposed man watching Leandra outside her window. Arthur who plays the villian will be dressed in all black hding behind a tree to add the element of surprise as soon as she sees him outside her window. As we are watching this scene scary music will be added to amplifiy the fear shown within the character and the creepiness of the villian.From the following scene we experiece a close up on leandras face to portray her fear towards the man standing outside her house. She ignores in order to avoid bring danger to herself however little does she know that the villain has become more drawn to her inoccent fear.

Obliovous to what will occur Leandra decides to walk home this is shown through a long shot when she is suddenly followed by an insidious character who is seen behind her. The sound used will be diagetic used to parallel with the scene which will consist of cars and the sounds made on a main road. As she follows a dark path we find her kneeling which is shown through a low angle shot and strange music is played to portray a peculiarness also the shot shows Leandras dramatic change in facial expression when she sees a shrine of herself before her.The following straigthcut then flows into a close up on her picture surrounded by candles which are lit and have been used repeatedly. The effect of this scene is to create a sense of shock and show the severe obsession of evil characters such as the one within our narrative. As she withdraws from this horrific scene you begin to see the villian behind her getting closer and closer which is seen through a long shot and continious diagetic sound playing to add suspense. 

The finalsing scene is shown through an ariel shot of the scenario within the forest as she passes through the path you can hear the ruffling leaves which shows an element of associative connections allowing the audience to guess what is going to occur as there is another person hidden within the scene. A jumpcut is used to portray a wide angle shot of Leandra hesitating to walk this path alone, just when she turns her head she is attacked and then a close up is shown with her lying dead, then suddenly her eyes open with suspense leaving the audience puzzled as to what might happen next which engages them to perhaps watch it again and figure out the psycological thriller. 

1 comment:

  1. This is a good analysis of your opening sequence; however, you did not have to explain why you chose to include certain elements, but just describe the sequence (like telling a story).
    Make sure you identify all terminology for each micro-element s(particularly sound)

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