Student film opening

Bathory

Sound:
As soon as the opening plays, intense music plays and you immediately feel a bit scared due to the heavy soundtrack. You can tell it's going to be a horror/religious thriller because you can hear the immense soundtrack, as well the instrument of the triangle playing, suggesting it could be in a church.

Mise en scene.
The use of a book that looks as if its a religious book, marked inside with blood stains and the word 'vengeance' which indicates a plot to kill someone. The blood suggests someone has been killed, this is a vital prop to the film opening as it conveys murder and mystery. The church, is also significant because it conveys it is a religious thriller. At first you see the church, therefore the audience assumes the main character is a religious person. The candle lit, with blood draining down indicates murder, and tragedy of a being. Many books and cut out newspaper are places on the table, in a dark room with the candle lit, this suggests that the main character is collecting evidence or news about murders that they may have committed  logging it into their book. 'The book of lies', is placed on the table alongside other books which allows the audience to figure out, that the person he wants to get his revenge on, is someone who lied to him/her.

Editing:
A variety of editing is used within this clip, the negative effect at the start of the scene is of a grave, indicating death and where the victim lies beneath  or it can foreshadow that someone is going to die in the film. The church, with the special editing effect the background is red and the church is black which indicates blood, death.

Camera:
There are a lot of extreme close ups of mise en scene, such as the book with all the notes and evidence of a vengeful character. There are many extreme close ups to this book, because it signifies importance, the blood stains of fingerprints conveys the victims blood, and the word 'vengeance' written on it is highlighted because it reveals the purpose of the film.

This use of the extreme close ups can influence on my opening thriller because, I like that idea of singling out important mise en scene props that gives the audience an idea of what the film could be about, and leaving them to wonder what the significance of the prop.