Analysis of other students thriller

'Reyond Reflections'

This opening sequence begins with a teenage girl staring at herself in a mirror , hence the title, so straight away it shows the audience the location. She starts to stoking her face like something is wrong but the scene suddenly skips to an opposite place of a grave yard and continues flashing back and forth. Lighting is dull and gloomy, so your eye automatically focuses on the girl, showing meaning to the sequence. Titles appear in write writing so it contrasts against the background. The writing looks almost like its been leaking down the screen. The next shot shows someones legs walking past the camera, this is filmed from a low angle. The shots are held steady demonstrating technique. The shots are varied, such as close ups, medium and long shots, boosting up their grade. An guitar has been recorded over as the music, with the occastional sudden boom added in which makes you feel more on edge. The editing cuts between these two locations for a time, showing the artermath of the mirror and young girl. It closes up on her palm, blood over her and te mirror. Through this opening sequence the link between the different settings become more familiar, however I believe this is a good opening becuase it drags you in and makes you want to watch the actul film.

'The Return'

The first few seconds of this thriller it shows many different camera shots, in addition the camera is help steady so it is easy to watch. As it closes up in the eye, the music suddendy goes scractchy making more of a sudden impact. They have used their editing and effects of the eye using the computer extremely well. Although on some ocastions the write writing clashes with the light background, they have used a spookey type face. Rather than like most the previous students thrillers, using a very ordinary look flashing from scene to scene, the effect of the screen almost turns into an old fastioned movie; making it abit delotional. The location is isolated so is great for the theme of a thriller. You are able to see a similarity between the locations in the film although it plays tricks on your mind with the flicking camera edits and makes you wonder.