Favourite previous student work

My analysis: This is the work that I chose which I thought was very interesting because the people who made it built up the tension and suspense throughout by using music, sound effects and different camera shots which fitted well with the genre. This short film or trailer started off with the shot of the news reporter telling the viewer the story of the missing 15 year old girl. This gives the audience an insight into what the story might be about and catches their attention because they are still unaware of what is happening and why this girl has been missing for days.

Credits also gave this title sequence more context, for example, when the news reporter was informing people of this missing person, it really made it feel real from the information he was giving out, such as what she looks like, her age, where and when she was last seen and what she was wearing on the day she went missing.

I really think this group as a whole worked well on this because the outcome has been really impressive as they have all contributed into the making of this film. For example, how they have used what materials they had, such as using the green screen and turning it into a news station, and using the colleges space and then turning it into something really dark and sinister through their use of camera angles, lighting, sound and editing.


The range of camera angles stood out because there was a wide range that was used to make it more relevant to the setting and what was happening in every scene.
The young girl who we believe to be the one who is the main focus of the film because she is missing makes her appearance at the end, and is shown running away from a group of boys who are chasing after her. The woods really sets the scene as it suggest loneliness and isolation that she can’t even cry for help because no one will be able to hear her. At this point it really adds a lot of suspense as to what will happen next and whether she will make it out unharmed. This worked well along with all the camera angles such as long shots and close-ups that were used, to point out to the viewer what the film makers want us to focus our attention on.