Evaluation Activity 1

1. This is an establishing shot. We used this simple shot for the opening titles as it allows the titles to happen but not distract the audience from anything that may be going on.
2. This shot shows Sophie looking relatively innocent although she is looking into the camera frame with menacing eyes. This relates to real thrillers as there is commonly a young girl in this genre of films as it gets the required response from the audience.
3. This shot is shown in the form of a flash back, this is quite common in thrillers because it gives a sense of loss and shows the audience how quickly situations can change.
4. In this shot Sophie is feeling the trees leaves as she walks past them. This shows Sophie as innocent and naive which makes the audience fear for her.
5. In this shot Natalie is lying on the ground pale and covered in blood, this relates to thriller conventions as it creates an enigma - who is she? what has happened? & why.
6. In this shot Sophie is walking through the garden. It could be said that she is exploring her surroundings, similar to how a child would.
7. This shot shows Natalie wearing a cross on a chain covered in blood. This has connotations to the religious side of thrillers. Religion is thought to keep people safe, the idea of not going to hell if your religious links in with this - Natalie is religious but something has killed her.
8. This shot is an over the shoulder shot of Sophie looking out over a forest, this follows connotations as forests are known to be isolated and spacious.
9. The shot includes a girl standing amongst the trees in the distance, this adds fear and enigma to this scene as the audience are unaware of who she is.
10. This shot uses a long low angle shot of Sophie standing at the top of the stairs, knife in her hand, twisting it on top of the cupboard door. She looks menacing and possessed which is common in psychological thrillers.
11. In this shot Sophie's movements are very fast and inhuman, this creates a fear of what have come over her.
12. The word 'Succubus' has been painted onto the wall in the background with blood. This is a convention of modern thrillers to have words and sentences scrawled onto the wall in blood.
13. The knife in Sophie's hand was the same knife that 'killed' her so this could be seen as twisted as later in the film she licks the knife. A knife being used does follow connotations as in most horrors/thrillers a knife is used, it is a popular weapon.

By Natalie Grant.