Shot Evaluation

 Shot Evaluation:

Over the shoulder shot of the murderer –

The over the shoulder shot of the Murderer looking at one of the victims is an important shot as it presents the vulnerability of the victim being tied up. The murderer was just standing, watching and not helping the victim, this portrays the mystery murderer as evil and inhumane. The shot also represents the vulnerability of the girl victim, as she cannot escape and the murderer could do anything to her. No one is around to see her or hear her scream therefore she is also isolated.

The over the shoulder shot was an effective shot as the audience feel as if they’re the murderer looking onto the victim. The audience would also possibly feel tension or guilt if they were to become the murderer.

Shot of train doors opening –

The wide angle long shot was a critical shot as it again shows another victim who’s been stranded on the train. Again it shows the vulnerability of the victim, but this shot was a long take therefore also was an establishing shot. This is due to showing the vehicle (train) therefore the audience know it is at a train station. It also helps set the scene as our opening two minutes is only set within the station therefore it is a critical aspect of the storyline.

Shot of the time counting down –

The close up shots of the timer counting down was put in place to show the timings of the day but also to count down the time until the death of the victims. These shots create tension as the audience at first wouldn’t know why there timer is counting down until further into the two minutes. We decided to use this countdown type of countdown as it was a good colour scheme to accompany the horror genre.

Help shot –

The close up ‘help’ from one of the victims is shown as a close up to emphasise her mouthing the word. The word is also significant as it shown that the girl is helpless. The shot was filmed just outside the train but because the lighting was similar it worked. The close up also showed the audience the victims scars and bruises representing the abuse and trauma the victim had gone through.

Waiting room shot –

This shot was a high angle medium shot of one of the victim’s legs, alongside the legs there was pool of ‘petrol’ though we used water from the rain outside showing that we used our resources around us. The petrol can was also present to make the audience think that petrol was used. This high angle shot shows the helplessness and weakness and vulnerability of the victim and the murderer looking down on them showing that the murderer is superior.

Wrists shot –

The shots of one of victims wrists show the rope that she is tied up with, also it shows the wounds that the girl has gained through the trauma, the wounds are supposedly from the rope therefore gives the audience the illusion that the rope was really tight so much that it scared and cut her. The struggling hands show that she cannot move, the hands being in the foreground and in focus show that they’re the focus of the shot.