Marking Others Work

Marking "Remember me?"

First of all, at the very start of the thriller there is a sentence that states "What you had thought you had left behind is now catching up with you". The sentences English is bad and makes the audience have to read it over again in order to understand what it means. The font is quite childish and has no real connection to what would be used in the opening of a thriller, it seems unprofessional. When the text fades, we go to a shot of a house, the camera is shaking during this shot which doesn't look good. This could've been avoided by using a tripod in order to keep the camera still. "starring Sarah Walker" then appears when a different character is in the shot. This has a negative effect as the audience doesn't know which character Sarah is playing, this makes it harder for the audience to build a connection with that character. The costume of Chris James is way too casual for a villain, it doesn't match the character. When the villain is walking, there is a shot from above him looking down, this is quite uncommon and is unique. When the Phone receives a text, the writing is blurry and unclear. This makes it awkward for the audience to see what it is that has been sent. The flashback to 2003 is quite good. They have edited the colour to make the tape seem old, also the fact they have wrote "2003" at the bottom of every flash back intrigues the audience and makes them wonder what it is that happened that year. When the girl walks down the stairs, there is a blue light on the wooden railing, however when the camera angle changes, the lighting changes to normal light. When the girl then walks through into the next room, the villain is in a very visible position, however she doesn't notice him. This is quite unrealistic. After that, the camera moves from the bottom to the top of the villains body, then goes back down. When the camera reaches his face, a new clip is taken, however either the character or camera is not in the exact same position causing the camera to look like it jolts slightly. This looks unprofessional. I also thought that the music used in the thriller did not match what was happening in it. For example, when the shot changed from the girl reading a newspaper to the villain standing with a hammer, the music did not change in the slightest. This meant that there was no suspense or tension built. Finally, they used a lot of different camera angles, this is a good thing but most were quite close shots. This meant that it was hard for the audience to get a feel of the setting they were using.