PIECE ONE- This production used close up shots well (similar to the title sequence of the TV drama “Dexter”) so the audience are forced to watch the main female character and focus on her specific actions which gives information about the plot. I liked the way in which the title of the film appeared, it was very blunt and simply flashed on the screen “Dead Revenge,” and this could mimic her blunt personality. There was good mis-en-scene used, through the close up shots we could tell she was a woman and she was applying lipstick and by what she wore, establishing character well. However, the text was not constant because the font changed halfway through the sequence and so didn’t establish genre properly.
PIECE TWO- Genre was well established as music was used which emotive, it was a slow paced song with violins and when shown with the visual piece we knew the film will be an emotional thriller. Although it was effective, it could have been more mysterious because it was too slow which made it seem like a drama. Camera was used well, especially the point of view shot when the character was opening the door portraying a disturbed mind frame. We will use this camera shot in our title sequence to portray the father’s drunken state. Nevertheless the camera shots could have varied in the park as only long shots were used. They could have used a close up, medium, high angle, low angle, or wide shots. In editing, there was good cross-cutting between the voodoo doll and the character denoting there was a relationship between the two. However the overall title sequence was too much like a trailer as it showed the best bits of the film, instead of wetting the audience’s appetite, it exposed the storyline in 2 minutes. Another improvement was the tacky transitions which were overused and false. It made the sequence jarring and didn’t convey the horror genre well and is didn’t suspend the audiences disbelief.
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