Tupton Hall Media
2015 AS Final productions
Max Biddlecombe, Max Bradbury, Andreas Lee and Brad Roberts
The production team's name appears for 2 seconds and is in a red, creepy in front of a dark, misty forest with trees with no leaves, This could be to give us an idea of the theme and genre of their thriller opening which is likely a horror thriller. The camera angle is also a wide shot which gives us an, obviously, wide view of what is in front of the camera, in this case it is a dank, perpetual forest of ominous mist and perennial shadow.
The producer's name appears for 2 seconds in letters that appear cracked, like glass, giving the font a sinister, jagged edge. The blue sky and the dark forest also contrast, when combined with the aesthetically sinister, jagged font, the gloomy mirk emanating from the forest embeds the viewer with a primal fear, the sinister music does not help to alleviate this fear.
The director's name appears for 2 seconds in the same cracked glass look, giving it the same jagged, almost eldritch, look. The positioning of the camera also makes the branches look like a natural cage with the killer staring at the camera, simultaneously filling the viewer with an ominous sense of dread and breaking the fourth wall.
The title appears for 6 seconds, yet again, in the same sinister, smashed glass font, but this time in front of a black background as if surrounded by a pure form of perpetual darkness, the kind we saw emanating from the perennial shadows of the forest in the first shot I explored.
In conclusion, the opening to the other students' work is like an ouroboros of shadow and darkness, setting the perfect scene for a horror thriller.
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