Student Film Openings Evaluation

What I like most about this film opening is that fact it's realistic and believable, making you want to watch on and keeps the viewer gripped. When the ident comes up at the start it is done really well and looks professional with the use of the sounds effects and editing. Its made to look old fashioned and fits well with the genre of the film. The first shot used is of the characters hands tied up and the camera slowly zooms in to help exaggerate and straight away tells the audience that he is in some kind of trouble. The camera then switches to an out of focus shot of the characters shoes and as it slowly comes into focus a quiet clicking noise of a camera is used in the background, wants in focus the titles then start and you can hear a child shouting in the distance. To help set the scene and give the viewer an idea of whats going on a tracking shot is used to show that he his tied up in the middle of nowhere and the dark lighting helps to set the atmosphere. A split screen is then used to show four different angles through a security camera which shows that he is clearly being watched. A close up is used to show the dirt across his face and so you can get a clear idea of his emotion. As he is looking around a shallow focus is used to keep the attention on the character so your eyes are drawn to him. 

Towards the end the shot switches back and forth of the characters feet and hands to show he is clearly struggling and different shots are used as flashbacks of what happened, giving the audience more of an insight of what is yet to come. As this is happening the music gets faster and faster creating suspense before the screen goes black and the title comes appears. 

Overall I really like this opening film as the filming isn't shaky at all and all the shots are done well, this is helped by the editing as it all runs smoothly and doesn't jump to any shots that don't make sense. The music and sound used is appropriate and used at the right times, helping to set the atmosphere and create suspense. It has also given me lots of ideas for my own film opening, especially the use of the flashbacks at the end as I think it links it all together and makes the audience want to watch on by giving them slight clues.

Link:- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y9OgmWjJYuo