Evaluation Question 1

We have based our media film on the typical opening you would find in a crime/thriller film; the discovery of a body, the mystery of who the murderer actually is and also the running from the scene of the crime. We had to look at several running scenes to base our one on, particularly that from the film “Trainspotting.” We portrayed the location as a typical suburban area, which matches the costumes we decided for the actors. You wouldn’t expect something so awful to happen in a public area such as our location. We also chose to get straight into the action as soon as the film starts so that it keeps the audience interested into the story.

The representation of the story is quite clear. It is easy to tell what happens with hardly any dialogue and it also keeps the audience focussing on the screen. The characters are established rather clearly as well, we used a tilt shot showing the thug after the 2 girls discover the body. We felt that this will give off the mysterious vibe we needed the character to display.

The titles in the film are a dark gothic font, to add to the mystery of the storyline. This also helps to show the genre of the film, a film about an evil cult. The somewhat upbeat soundtrack at the start and end of the opening suggest that the 2 girls are completely unaware of what is going to happen. We also chose to have no titles over the important part of the opening, which is the 2 girls confronting the man about the murder. This helps the audience focus on the storyline instead of being distracted by titles.

The title of the film “The 7^th Keeper” is rather mysterious in itself, yet the fact that there are 7 of these ‘keepers’ suggest that there is more to discover within the cult which helps also to draw the audience in. Keeper number 7 is the corpse which is discovered by the 2 girls. This shows that keeper number 6 is the murderer, byt the cult's logo and the roman numeral of 6 on his neck, visible for the camrea to see. We used a variety of different close ups of this to signify that he is a mumber of this, or another cult and brings the question as to why he did it.

The camerawork used in the film helps to portray the story with the lack of dialogue, it establishes the characters through the use of close ups as they are walking through the woods and discover the body. It portrays the 2 girls as curious and also helpful as they attempt to ring the police.