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By Itamar Blauer

Editing

The amount of time allocated to both the killer and the basketball player, suggests that they have an equal importance in the film.

Dramatic irony was created as the killer is wiping his face as you see him put on the mask. The audience can see that he poses a suspicious and dangerous threat.

Cross cuts were used between the killings and the basketball player, which conveys action and intensity on opposite sides of the spectrum.

Sound

We used non-diegetic music in order to create a binary opposition of sounds within both the killings and the basketball player footage. We did this in order to convey a sense of mystery and suspense.

Synchronous sounds were used such as the diegetic enhanced audio of the tap water.

We did not include any diegetic dialogue in our film, as we believed that it would suit the atmosphere much better, as there was constant action during the film, that there would have not been a need for any sort of dialogue.

Camera

There were multiple low angle shots on the killer, which identify him as a high status throughout the film. This would allow the audience to acknowledge the fact that he plays a major role in the film.

The prolonged shots of both the killer and basketball player indicates their importance in the film, which could be because they have similar traits and may have connections.

A variety of close ups were used in our film such as when the killer is washing his hands in the bathroom, which indicates his emotions as he is a cold-blooded killer.

Costume

The costume we used for the killer is very significant, as the audience cannot see the killer’s emotion whilst wearing the duck mask. This also helps address how the people who get murdered respond with confusion and fear combined, as they do not know directly how to react prior seeing the killer.

We decided to kill some people who are in uniform, and some in non-uniform, as it helps identify that the film is in a high school.

Actors

The choice of actors we employed as the killer was a male teenager. This ensured that our film is more realistic and relatable, as the high school massacre we based our film on also had a teenage protagonist.

The basketball player was also a teenager, which backs up the idea that our thriller is based on a high school massacre, with high school actors.

Props

We used blood in the opening seconds when the killer was washing blood off his hands. The use of blood gave an indication to the audience that he is a killer and is involved in dangerous activities, and also foreshadowed the horrid events which followed.

The other prop we used was a machine gun, which portrayed the character of the killer as evil and cold-hearted. The gun also conveyed how many people would be killed in the film.

Location

The location we used was a school, and we did this specifically as we based our film on a high school massacre. We believe that this location was the most appropriate as it helped address the theme of our thriller.

Titles

The change in font for some of the companies mentioned in our titles were based off a film called ‘Ae fond kiss’, which we based our titles off, as certain companies had certain fonts used in the titles. We also decided to include our names that faded in and out throughout the screen, to show the full use of area around the video.