This is a group of students work from last year. The first thing that is shown is the production logo, which is eye catching as it is big and bold, and not too much in your face. The first shot of the opening sequence after the logo is a wide shot of two silhouettes of two people fighting. the non-diegetic music that is playing in the background of the opening sequence is very high-pitched and is made using instruments with high-pitched notes, e.g. the higher notes on a piano and violins. The high-pitched music gives the impression of danger and can help to build up tension and make the audience prepare for a jump scare. This music carries on throughout the whole opening scene. After the shadowy fight shot, the camera then cuts to a slightly high-tilted angle looking down on a girl who is looking at pictures and crying. The high-tilted shots makes the girl seem weak, vulnerable and powerless. The girl looks at a screwed up photograph and the shot then cuts to a side shot of a man putting a ring on a girls finger, probably the girl from the shot before looking at the photos. It then cuts back to the girl and she's picks up another photo, and the camera cuts to another shot of the couple together, this time kissing. The shots cut from the girl and her photos to scenes of the couple a few more times, and it becomes clear that these are the girl's flashbacks. The next shot after these show that the girl is not alone anymore, as there is a figure in a grey hoodie, and then the last flashback is of the couple eating dinner, the back to the hooded figure and the girl, but this time it shows the girl being beaten up by the hooded figure, then the screen fades to black so you don't know whats happened. The words "Don't Look Back" appear on the black screen in bright, bold, big lettering so it stands out and catches the audiences eyes. This is an opening sequence that makes people want to go and see the rest of the film, but I found it hard to tell that they were flashbacks, and it was only the annotations put on the film about how the flashbacks had a different filter, so this is something we should think about when making our film opening to show what is happening now and then.
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