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Anonymous: By Jasmine Pickwick, Jazz Bullen, Nikki Willterton.
http://productionsbypbn.blogspot.co.uk/2012/10/our-thriller-film-anonymous.html

Narrative:

The narrative here is the guy who is stalking the girl, the first we hear him is when he talks about how he saw the girl at the ruins, he's paranoid she was going to meet someone else and says "you're mine, you belong to me", which quickly tells us a lot about him and what he's trying to achieve and starts off the thrill of the film. Later on as he gets spotted by the girl and hit, it cuts to him burning his photo collection he took of her walking and he questions "is love really important". This makes us think here, do we feel pity for him or are we suppose to think he's a complete creep, was the girl not giving him a chance?

Sound:

The sound used throughout is very effective and sets the atmosphere as it shows us the creepy stalker and the photos he has taken of her. It's very slow and dark. As we see the girl as he is following her the music turns mysterious and we wonder what will he do now? what happens if she sees him? Then when it goes to the next day and he's following her again the music suddenly turns tense and we now something is bound to happen and the suspense rises when she starts running away from him, as she stops to hit him its gets very high pitched as something finally happened like we suspected. The music here is a little too stereotypical although still effective.

Camera Work:

The first thing we see is a shot of the boy walking into his room and place another photo on his bulletin board with his collection and then an over the shoulder shot so we get a good close up of what's on the board. Next we see a close up of his face, although not full clear because of the dark lighting which is very clever as we instantly know this is the antagonist of the movie. The most effective and rememberable shot for me was when the camera zooms into a photo of the girl walking and then it fades into a shot of the girl walking just like in the photo which was probably the best part. The rest is filled with lots of close ups and far away shots to see what is going on and to see the detail of important bits too.

Mise-en-Scene:

Firstly the costumes here really create the character's personality's as the antagonist is wearing all black and his hoodie over his head to create the mysterious, creepy feel whereas the girl is wearing the opposite. Lots of bright colours and prints to show the clear difference and maybe the innocence of her character compared to the boy. The setting of the room is dark, small and creepy whenever we see the boy, however when we see the girl the setting is outside and a lot brighter. There is not much props except for the boys photos and lighter when he burns them and his camera to take the photos.

Editing:

The editing here is very clean cut and well done which shows they worked hard and were good at using Final Cut Pro. The best part of the editing is the scene where it cuts from a close up of a photo of the girl to the girl walking on the street. The title at the end is very simple as it shows the title Anonymous in black and white and nothing else.

Deadline by Carla-Rose Smith and Ruby Gibson.

 http://www.coobee16.blogspot.co.uk/2012/02/final-of-our-video.html

Narrative:

We see the dad who is the main character of this movie in bed peacefully sleeping, until he wakes up to realise he's home alone and sees a note to read that his children have been taken and he has a deadline to get them back. He has no dialogue within this but instead we hear his thoughts out loud to know how he's feeling and what's running through his mind.

Sound:

The movie starts off with no music whatsoever, leaving audience clueless to what the atmosphere is and if something bad is going to happen or not. We only hear diegetic sounds that are within the movie so far like the dad running. It's not until the we see a close up of the note left on his kitchen table do we hear music play, that is very low yet tense and speeds up which indicates the time that he is running out of. It's suddenly quite as we see the kidnapper about to kill his children and it's too late for the dad, and then when the title appears of the name the music is tense and fits in the with the theme perfectly.

Camera Work:

The camera work here is very simplistic with lots of different types of shots. The most effective part was when we see a shot of the dad pick up the note on the table and a close up of him reading, yet we cannot see what it says yet, then it cuts to him running and dropping the note and the audience is clueless until it cuts to the note on the floor. The note reading 'park house barn 10:00am or your kids will die'.

Mise-En-Scene:

Costumes are simple, and not really the main focus here as the dad is just in his pyjamas and the again the antagonist in all black. The setting is simple too in a house and then also a creepy dark barn which is great for what's happening inside and the purpose of it. Only props we see hear are the note, the dads car and the murderers bat.

Editing:

Again, editing very simple yet still effective. There's a lot of cutting to different scenes and a wide range of different shots. The beginning was clever as it starts off blurry then clears, just like a persons vision when they first wake up in the morning.

Behind the Net Curtains by Caroline Louise Autey, Eleanor Rose Brown, Jack Marcham.
 http://backdoor-productions.blogspot.co.uk/search/label/Film%20Opening

Narrative:
In this 2 min clip we see a normal everyday Nan doing her usual routine which takes a turn for the worst as she gets a knock on her bedroom door and is pushed down her stairs and left alone, as we only see the feet and a brief clip of the murderer walk past the window.
Sound:
The sound isn't too complicated, very simple with the same continuous song over a woman singing low key throughout. The beat does some to sound a little loud as the action begins and then soften again as she has fallen down and her vision is all blurry.

Camera Work:

Camera work includes plenty of close ups of food, her hands and mouth, only once do we see her full face.
Then a good shot of the Nan at the bottom of the stairs and slowly lifts up to reveal the murderer at the top of the stairs.

Mise-en-Scene:
Costumes appear to be the Nan's everyday wear and simplistic with just black and white colours. The antagonist we see is wearing black boots and jeans, nothing else as we dont see all of them. Setting and location are just in one ordinary house. We don't really see props, just a lot of food, old photographs of the Nan and her husband, her lipstick.

Editing:

Everything we see is quite slow paced here, until it picks up as the Nan looks out the window, feels unsafe and walks up the stairs. Nothing too unique except a good shot of when she falls down the steps and we see the camera go down and the screen go all blurry just like her vision would which was cleverly portrayed.