AS Student Thriller Openings Analysis: Love-Links

To begin the thriller opening there is a medium close up of the lane sign, establishing and familiarising the viewer to the surroundings, closely followed by a low level tracking/pan shot of someone’s footsteps walking fast to show there in a rush and on edge about the situation, then there is an extreme long shot showing the area and location of the house with someone walking towards the backdoor suggesting he doesnt want to be seen or he isnt welcome at the home, then there is a jump cut to a medium close up/ over the shoulder shot of te hooded person looking at a photo of a young couple with a rip between the people suggesting the hooded figure is the male who has recently broke up with his girlfriend.

Then there is an extreme close up of the photo being blown off shot by the wind which indicates that the love they had for each other has now gone closely followed by a low angle match on action shot of him breaking entry into the girls house through the back door, followed by an extreme close up of a gloved hand picking a knife out of the holder, the glove is a huge indication that he is going to kill somebody and doesnt want to leave any traces of his DNA behind followed by a tracking a low level tracking shot of him walking through the kitchen door then a match on action/ tracking shot of him walking up the stairs.

Then there is a jump cut to a close up of his ex-girlfriend doing her make up in the mirror followed by a shot of her lip-gloss falling to the floor, quickly followed by a shot revealing the hooded man’s identity and showing a fast paced shot of him suffocating her , with a three fades to black to create suspense, then there is a point of view show of the danzel in distress struggling to move and gasping for air with another three fades to black to show the woman is fading in and out of consciousness and slowly shutting and opening her eyes, then there is a silhouette shot of him stabbing the woman, in the chest then her head falling towards the ground to signify her death, then there is a fade to black then to the victim sat on her chair followed by seven ellipsis shots showing the pool of blood slowly running through her top, followed by the title scene `love links'.

The sound used in the first few scenes is mainly diagetic such as the swooshing of wind, the footsteps of the killer, the swoosh of the blade on the knife being pulled out of the holder and the noise of the door being shut, although there is also non-diegetic music playing throughout which is fore grounded, in the shots in the bathroom when the victim is getting ready to go out there is music playing from her docking station, and as the man reveals his identity and grabs her there is a beating sound highly fore grounded to represent the heart of the woman being held in hostage, also as she is coming in and out of consciousness she you can hear her taking huge breaths of air trying to regain her strength, then as the ellipsis shots are taking place there is a high key musical piano tune to represent the death and sorrow of the victim, then sounds of sirens are slowly being fore grounded as the fade to black then the title scene is displayed.

The titles are in serif font and are red to represent/ portray the blood running down the victims top and the danger and vengeance in the eyes on the murderer, and the titles are slowly faded in as the scenes are playing through in small text and a white serif font so they don’t distract the viewer from watching the opening but they are there if you want to know who’s stars in the film.
To conclude the production of the student thriller analysis was good, there were a wide range of difficult shot types used such as the low level tracking/ pan shot of the murderer walking round the corner, looming closer to the house of the victim.
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