Task D - Research into other students' work

I analysed a previous students work in order to see how effective certain techniques can be. This thriller was called "Torn", and received an A grade from the examination board. The clip begins with the camera panning from right to left outside a house in the morning, and immediately the credits begin to appear on the screen in a white, bold font. This is a common theme with films and allow the audience to gain an understanding as to the surroundings of where the film is being set. The credits last for an appropriate length of time, and are written in a bold font that looks realistic for film credits and is clear to understand by the viewer. The main character appears from the front door, and then picks up the newspaper and heads toward the back garden shown from a variety of well-filmed shots. I feel this is another effective method of establishing a relationship with the character and the audience. The footage is well edited and flows smoothly from shot to shot throughout the narrative, and between some of the shots black and white images of dolls occassionally are super-imposed over the top to create a tense effect. This could be a method of teasing the audience by foreshadowing what might happen next. Non-diegetic music is present throughout the whole clip to add to the creepy, tense mood of the narrative, and as the character enters, the music intensifies and adds more beats and pitches to heighten the suspense. All the elements featured throughout the clip are well shot, of a high quality and work well with each other to complete an overall professional  standard. The constructive feedback I would give would only be that the character's dialogue could have been made clearer as the male character's voice is not always clear and does not match the overall mood of the scene.