One of the parts which I really liked was where we are introduced at the beginning to a character, which we have no idea what she has been through. Through the use of fast editing and fast cuts between shots I think that it allows the audience get a hint of what is going on and feel nervous as it shows both characters running. Due to their facial expressions however, you can tell which character is in a much more different situation as she is scared and is breathing heavily because she is scared yet the other character is breathing heavily because she is jogging. This makes the audience nervous as they known that the younger character is most likely in trouble and is trying to run away from someone, therefore feeling tense as they don't know if she will manage to escape. This also makes them feel worried for the other character as they don't know if anything will happen to her while she is jogging.
Additionally, I think we could use this in our opening. Instead of showing two key protagonists, we could show our protagonist and the villain to develop the story line further and allow the audience to question things and think further into the plot for themselves. Just like in The Killing, we could create fast cuts of how the characters stories link and how their paths will cross. In the scenario of The Killing it is because the lady running is a detective which is then revealed to us 15 minutes in to the episode (she works the murder case of the younger girl) whereas, for our opening we could show that maybe Anna has escaped and her abductor is trying to capture her again or it could even be a family members journey trying to find her. This will leave the audience with questions, therefore making them want to watch the whole/ rest of the film.
I furthermore, think that it is effective how for the parts where we, as an audience are shown the younger character running, the screen (effects on top of the raw footage) is darker as it helps create tension mainly because this enhances the fact that she is alone and isolated. The loose frames help show this clearer as they make her appear much more vulnerable because she looks smaller in comparison to her surroundings.
Similarly, the close up of her face when she finally finds somewhere to hide is also effective as it clearly shows the worry in her eyes and fear she is feeling. This makes the audience sympathise with the character as her attire also connotes that she is a teenage girl all alone in the woods, fearing for her life with no one to help her. It also enables the audience to feel a little bit more relaxed as it might make them feel that she has a chance of escaping.
There is then a quick shot back to the Detective, where she is seen jogging. We could use this as it helps the scene, particularly because it is shot behind trees and branches, also adding tension as it makes it look like someone is constantly looking at her and something bad may happen. And then finally another quick cut is placed, transitioning to a shot where the girl hears a noise and in the far corner on the left we see a glimpse of light and hear crunching of leaves as someones footsteps appear louder and louder walking towards us. The teenage girl is then shouting and crawling after she tripped trying to get to safety. This makes the audience panic as again after this it transitions to the detective finding something which looks like body but is a dead seal on the shore.These parts would be very effective I believe, if used in the two minute opening of our film as it will help the audience create a deeper relationship with our protagonist. I'm glad I looked at the two minute opening of this as I feel like it will help a lot with developing on film and the storyline as a whole.
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