Past Student Anaylsis

Past Student Video Analysis - Longroad Media U2-59 Cruel Revenge

Can you illustrate the elements which make the sequence an opening?

This video has a sense of enigma about it, there is mystery being portrayed in this. We can tell straight away that the character is the antagonist; however there is no protagonist and that is common in a thriller opening.

Analyse the four micro areas of the opening in relation to genre.

Sound is used quite nicely in this, with some disoriented sounds that make you think, this could be a paranoid thriller. There is intense music which makes the audience know what genre it is. The costumes of the characters are normal so it’s keeping the idea of realism; the antagonist looks a serial killer and has done this before as he noticeably puts on gloves. The location is good in an unknown small house with it being quite gruesome which emphasises the genre. Commonly in thrillers, you get shots like pan shot, two shot, point of view shot and establishing shot. On display there was the point of view shot and the pan shot used the most with it being in relation to a genre it matches a good thriller opening. Match on action was used effectively but I didn’t see any shot reverse shot, but I guess with mystery involved, the video doesn’t want to show the identity.

Using marking criteria also give the opening a level of grade and explain why you think the sequence deserves this particular grade.

If I had to give this a grade based on the marking criteria, I would give a grade C because it has limited camera shots and the sound was very confusing, on the other hand it had good conventions of a opening thriller because of the identity and enigma being portrayed.