Art of the Title Activity Evaluation (DYM)

• Our film explores the troubled life of a violent school pupil, who became a serial killer. The opening is of the boy looking in the mirror and thinking back to his murder victims at his school.
• The film opening is set at the school, which we can tell from the shots of the boy in the toilets and on the sports field. The sepia filter was used to highlight the fact there were flashbacks to the murders he commited on other fellow school pupils, and the close up of the boy emphasised how distressed he became from performing these acts of violence.
• The title of the film ,'Etched', lets the audience realise the traumatic vividness of the disturbing memories that have followed him ever since and we also see who had been part of the production process in our group.
• There is an intriguing ambiguity to the character, for the audience can't truly understand why he would commit these murders, but are instantly shocked to the violent scenes that are present in the film opening, i.e. the victims lying underneath the boy holding a baseball bat. This was done to instantly grab the audiences attention and to try to work out who this boy really and why he would do what he did.
• In the opening we used a variety of different shots, e.g. an over the shoulder mirror shot, for this signified the horror genre of the film, and an extreme close up of the characters eyes for dramatic effect, as the shot is unsettling for the audience. Also we included a title card shot and included credits in some of the shots, because that is vital for the audience's understanding of the name of the film and the names of those who made it.
• I believe overall that our film opening was effective, for it was able of creating the audience reaction we wanted, but we should have used a greater variety of shot angles and increased the font of our titles.