Past Opening Analysis

Music - The music throughout is quite tense, it sort of resembles a heart beat as it is very repetitive. it gets faster and louder as the action happens

adding tension and grabbing the audiences attention. As the intruder creeps up on the victim the music then becomes more quiet, this also adds

tension because you can then hear the repetitive beat again that could resemble a heartbeat.

Location - It is in a good location, homes are a good place to have as a set for a thriller as it is one place people feels safe, this intruder then

destroys the security by breaking in.

Shot types - One of the first shots is a close up of a post-it note on the fridge. This enables the audience to know more about the situation and lets

the know that the victim is home alone without having to use dialogue. they have used a match on action this lets the audience know that he is

leaving. There are lots of close ups of things that he is doing for example, as he locks the door and puts the key under the mat, this is good because

it lets the audience know the details of what he is doing and draws attention to detail. there are also lots of mid shots of the victim, often not showing

his face this adds mystery and keeps the audience interested and engaged in the film. Point of view shots are used from the intruder to show that he

is watching the person and puts the audience in his position, and keeps them involved. they have used establishing shots, this shows the victim is

leaving and shows the audience more of the surroundings we can then gather that the area the person lives in and establish class. There is a very

good shot of the victim when he opens the cupboard, this is the only time the audience gets to see his face in detail and it has an audience privilege

as we can see that there is someone behind him but he cannot. It also uses an over the shoulder shot, this shows the intruder coming into the victims

personal space. The angles used towards the end are good as it uses a high angle when on the victim this shows difference in power and hows

intimidated and helpless the victim is.

Mise En Scene - The victim is wearing his normal clothes and the intruder wears all black and covers most of his face, this connotes dark and evil as

the colour black is a typical burglar colour. props they have used are things like keys and the cloth that knocked the victim out, these things are

small but very important to the story. For example, the keys are vital as these are the intruders way of getting into the house, this is why they use

close ups when shooting that part of the opening to show that they are significant.