Past Student Work Analysis

This first piece of work comes from 2012 As Media Studies, it shows us the daily routine of a boy waking up in the morning and everything seems normal, this is repeated until one day he wakes up and everything seems odd and misplaced, this is evident when a black figure with non diegetic appears in the bathroom window, suggesting to the audience that something evil is about to unknowingly happen to the victim/character(s), the character is subjected to this and is knocked out by the blacked figure. Overall there is non diegetic music that starts off at the very beginning cheery and happy leading the audience to believe this film to be one of a positive attitude, however the low beat vibrations that are played whenever this black figure is present lead us to believe in something different; this works well as it portrays the theme of a thriller for confusing the audience. The boy being kidnapped by the unknown figure gives a sense of mystery and terror for the audience and character, a good mix for a convention of a thriller, overall this short film works well in targeting the theme of a thriller, however the jump scare at the end is more of a horror theme, nonetheless the film still has the basic elements of a thriller. The same shots are used to represent the same daily routine in those particular shots, which I think also worked well for this thriller.





The second piece of film follows a boy who is kidnapped after meeting with a stranger in the park, the film itself seems false in terms of realistic approach to meeting with a complete stranger in the park, however the non diegetic music is of a rushed and anxious theme subjecting the audience to feel this way in particular,
the close up of the kidnapping worked okay as it gave us a sense of what the characters were feeling and how it portrays a theme of mystery and kidnapping. Overall this film was okay but it should of been reconsidered with more thought into the plot and the cinematography also.






The film starts off with a sharp black and white scenery focusing on scribbled out words and photographs, a great start to a short thriller movie, it becomes apparent that the story follows of two girls, one who it appears to be stalking or obsessed with the other, the diegetic sound of the girl who is stalking's haunted laughter chills us and disturbs us a little, the editing sequence works well as it is in time with the non diegetic plucking music which adds to the effect of the storyline following a thriller; the film then goes to reverse backwards in time where we are shown an unknown piece of shot showing a possible killing of a woman by another woman, making us question if the woman who appears to be the stalker, has killed before and will kill again, creating a create impression on the audience and as a thriller.