Question 5

We created our introduction to appeal to the audience by the use of camerawork, editing narrative and sound effects used.

The opening shot engages the audience because it sets the scene of the thriller. The way the victim wakes up in a shock engages the audience because they want to know why and the foreshadowing cuts used keep them eager to know.

The first way was by the use of scenes cut in representing small glimpses of the future and what is going to happen. This attracted the audience because of the way the contrast has been changed from the normal camera shots to represent a jump cut during the introduction and it’s clear for the audience too see something is wrong. We did this by using a special effect on I-Movie to make the colours darker in tone so they differ from the original colours so the audience could tell that this was a cut scene and placed to keep the audience wanting to know more as the thriller progresses.

This scene was effective as it was the biggest way of foreshadowing the victim by receiving an unknown message with a ‘devil’ face saying ‘Im waiting’ which has a very close link to the title through the use of Mise-en-scene.

 

 

 

 

 

 

The next way we attracted our audience was by using items to connote towards the title of our film ‘Devils Waiting’ by using everyday objects to secretly show and predict what will happen through the use of Mise-en-scene. Some examples included the mobile phone text from the killer. We also used props to represent the murderer including the knife used for the killing and the ketchup to connote the blood of the victims death.

 

 

 

 

 

 

The next way we made the introduction effective was by adding different Mise-en-scene into the introduction to show the killing. This included a knife to ‘spread’ the butter on toast and the sound made it effective to connote the knife slicing part of the victim’s body. This gives the audience a lot of false impressions and question the opening before they know what happens.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The next way we attracted the audience was taking a few longer shots (5 or more seconds.) We used this because it raises tension especially for the scene where the egg is ‘cut open’ and the yolk ‘seeps out’ slowly which links to other false impressions towards the audience as it connotes the upcoming murder.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The final way we attracted the audience was that final scene. This was effective because it finally reveals to the audience the murder scene showing the full dead body of the victim. This attracts the audience because it lets off the built up tension throughout the introduction before it reveals the main title.

 

We fulfilled the audience’s expectations by adding in what they wanted. We added a short scene of violence using jump cuts showing the bloody knife and we added lots of close-up shots adding to the psychological effect that they wanted to see.

 

 

The audience responded to our opening with these comments:

‘The use of the foreshadowing Mise-en-scene was very effective as I could see an upcoming murder about to happen.’

‘I liked how you cannot see the killer during the introduction as I now want to find out who it is.’

 

Our opening links to another opening called ‘Dexter.’ This is due to the fact that the protagonist wakes up and does a similar routine in the morning (shaving, eating breakfast etc..) It attracts a similar target audience to ours as it also contains scenes of violence.