Forms and Convetions evaluation

This is the beginning scene of the film and includes photos of other ‘victims’ which the stalker has rid of. The fact that their water is suppose to represent their possible death and although the redness of the water is not convincingly blood, and is not supposed to be does represent death. The camera work of this scene has been made so the camera is getting a ‘birds eye’ view and looking down on the sink’ the scene also identifies the genre of the film as being a horror

This is the title font, we chose the title I spy, eye spy as the film is based on a stalker and although the title originates from a childhood game the sinister, eerie feel the title has adds to the atmosphere of the film. The font we chose although elegant and not stereotypically horror, or thriller creates the idea of going against the nursery rhyme in a sinister way.

The word play in the title also adds to the stalker storyline the film has, with the words I, and eye . The title is suppose to highlight the fact that the stalker himself is spying and hes always watching.

The font we used for the names of the people in the film was chosen to enlighten the fact that the film is part of the thriller genre. The font was chosen from the website http://www.dafont.com/ and is named ‘Clive barker’  we then edited the font using Photoshop to change the background from white to black and the writing from black to white. These titles roll over in black scenes yet not only the soundtrack is heard in these scenes and sounds from the setting of the dark room is played whilst these scenes are shown

This scene begins with the stalker taking a freshly developed photo of the new victim out of the developer and hanging it on the wall to dry. The stalker is deliberately not seen in the first two minutes of the film to add mystery to the film for when the stalkers identity is finally made clear. The scene also brings to light that the opening setting is a photographic dark room.

This scene filmed in the dark room, brings to light just how obsessive the stalker character is because of the amount of photographs he has taken of the young girl. The camera angle of this shot is level to the photographs so the audience has the perception of seeing everything, a scan shot is used also for the audience to be able to see all of the stalkers photographs. All of the scenes are very dark to add to the sinister atmosphere and the only real colours seen throughout the two minute opening are black white and red.

This screen shot comes from the scene where the camera zooms into this photo of the victim until it fades in and out  in a different tone and lighting technique. This scene is the stalker praying on his victim and the fade in and out editing technique almost appears as if the stalker is closing and opening his eyes, and creates an even more sinister light for the audience on the stalkers character.

This is the title of the film written in the red paint seen in the sink in a previous scene the title is quite stereotypically repeated more than once in the first opening sequence of a film using different techniques. The dripping effect used coming from the paint although no entirely is supppose to appear sinister and be represented with blood so the audience are able to question what the stalker has planned for his next victim. This scenes camera work is taken from a lower angle and scans the writing and lighting is used flashing across the screen revealing a shadow of the stalkers character.

This scene is found at the end of the film and is the first clue the audience has to identifying the stalkers character. The scene features the stalker wiping the title from the previous scene as if he is trying to clear evidence. This scene is quick and only last seconds as the full identity of the stalker is not yet to be identified. This is one of the last scenes and sets the rest of the film up to be extremely sinister and full of suspense