Assessing Past Coursework

Titles have intertextuality with Scream (Wes Craven, 1996). Long drawn out notes,
Framing of the branches, signifies someone hiding. Shot is not steady, again reinforcing the fact that someone is watching the girl.
False scare used early on, also intertextuality with the name 'Damien', from the film The Omen (Richard Donner, 1976)
Mise en scene (the wall colouring, posters and bedding) are all signifiers of a girl.
Dialogue is good for exposition, but if too much is used it can look and sound very staged.
Elipsis - moves on time.
Throwing clothes and a cut away shot - signifies sexual activity without actually showing anything.
Female gaze
Camera in cupboard - good way to break up shots
could have used a whip-tilt (moving the camera up quickly) to show the reaction to the loud noise
could have used different shots instead of a two shot
Fast paced editing could have been used at the end



Titles - white font on black background signifies realism
Straight away the bottle of alcohol signifies that the character is going to die
Point of view shot, signifies drunk
Framing signifies someone is watching
No diagetic sound
No violence shown
Narrative enigma used for the killer -  only shows the killers feet when dragging the body,  so the audience has no clue about gender, age etc
Effect used to signify CCTV
Diagetic sound - victim moaning
Faster paced editing could have been used to increase tension
Mise en scene works well, can clearly see and hear that the victim is chained up
Intertextuality with Psycho's shower scene - blood going down the drain, and on the wall



Titles - Font is thought through, animations and transitions
Lack of verisimilitude is lost because there is no diagetic sound
Point of view shot,
use of mise en scene and props - kettle boiling, creates tension (heat rising)