At the start of the film both companies use suitable music and sound effects to enhance there logo. This makes it look more astatically pleasing and professional. The fonts used in the titles are very nice because they are a basic font but have cracks and chunks missing from there stone like look. This hints at disruption or damage for something that is supposedly normal. The screen fades to black and light happy music is playing, the ambient guitar signals a happy normal family.
Close up shots are used to show the viewer what the characters are doing. The child is making something, much like her farther this shows the closeness between them. Medium shots are used to show the characters; also music is playing from a radio to show a normal family life style. The door knocks and it still seems normal because the viewer does not know what time of day it is in the film. Shot reverse it used very effectively in this. As the scene moves on everything still seems normal the child is doing the washing up and the man’s wife is cooking. The over the shoulder shot is used to establish that the man is opening the door. Suddenly the family atmosphere turns very dramatic and the editing is fast paced and cuts are quick. After and effective jump cut is use and the woman’s echoed screams creates a lack of hope for the viewer. Low pitched music and close up shots are used to show the man’s desperation for life. The music is becoming a higher pitch and tempo to create a build of suspense and the blackout screens are used effectively as if the characters were blacking out. Things get more graphic as the violin get louder and sharper as the knife is pushed into the woman’s stomach. Another blackout is used to show that the woman is dying. The second robber shouts at the one that is seeminglesly going crazy and dominates the dying woman. Both the shouting of the criminals and the crying of the victims add to the suspense. Focus is cleverly used here to show something appearing in the background the music stops. There is dialog from the first robber that adds to his creepiness, the child enters the scene and wide shot shows the Childs blank figure he picks up the child and moves off screen indicating that he had no restraint to commit the repulsive and immoral act.
The end has the music dying out to sirens and then silence to black out screen to show that the action scene has ended for the victims.
The way the music hits you when the title comes up it make you want to watch the rest of the film.
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