· Camera techniques are particularly interesting in this clip, close ups start to tell the audience the story and introduce the protagonist.
· The lighting is dark throughout which creates the mood of the film and is stereotypical of a horror film. The close ups on photos and newspapers are fairly simple and could be easily replicated.
· The film is a horror; sub genre is a 'slasher movie' as it contains graphic and violent scenes. Although we are thinking of doing a psychological horror the effects used in this opening may still be very effective.
· The editing in this piece is simple but effective, when there are close ups on the pictures and newspaper articles it fades into black each time to emphasis the 'dark nature' of the film.
· It also uses a sequence of montage shots which in turn black out to create a story so that the audience is aware of his age and what happens at each point in his life. This is a quick way of introducing the story so that after the first two or so minutes the film can get straight into a new and exciting plot.
· I also thought that the burning of the picture at the end was particularly effective because the flames lingered and were used for the transition between scenes.
· Sound is mainly non digetic, eerie noises in the background which is already captivating the audience and making them aware of the genre of film.
· This clip also uses the digetic noise of the father talking to the son. This dialect is key to the audience as it sets the scene by showing the audience that:
a) The boy works in a slaughter house,
b) He must be somewhat unfortunate looking and
c) What part of America Texas
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