Previous Years Thriller Openings

For this task, we had to watch two past students thriller opening and see whether it fell under the rules for a good graded opening.
They used good sound effects with their scene and a variety of shot distances throughout too, such as mid shots and close ups. They used a handheld camera, but managed to keep it very steady when filming. The titles were appropriate and the whole clip was edited well enough so that the continuity flowed. Finally, the material that they shot was appropriate to the task.
We think that some of the shots would have been better if they were shorter because it could have added a more dramatic effect to what was happening and they could have introduced the detective slightly more and had past scenes of how the girl died. We do however think that this thriller opening was very effective.
The link for this clip is below.

http://67thriller10.blogspot.com/  :-)

 For the second thriller opening we watched, we really liked the groups logo that they made, but we thought that the credits did seem to drag. The ambient sound in the background along with the title music worked well though, preparing you for what you are about to see next.
The voice over worked well and helped add effect to the clip as well as cause slight confusion as to who's voice it was and whether we were watching them running through the woods. They used good camera shots,  and the handheld camera worked really well also. Sound was used well throughout the opening and the filming was approprite to the task.
We think that to make this opening better, we would have put more suspenseful sound at the end to add a more dramatic effect to what we saw. It would have also have been better if they varied the shot types, although the shots that they did use worked well.



 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yt8zQFhxdUc&feature=player_embedded