Style:

The style of our film conforms very much to the idea of a typical action thriller but with one twist. We have edited our film such to obtain a fast pace; with the soundtrack adding to it to create a real sense of rhythm. We have also used fairly neutral colours and edited the lighting and contrast on our film to give it a professional high-budget blockbuster look – all things typical of a big action thriller.

Here (above) are just a few examples showing how we edited the lighting and contrast to acheive a high budget professional look as well as some beautiful camera-work and focus pulling.

The one twist to our typical action thriller opening can be found when we look at the binary opposites created:

We have the obvious: 

• Hero vs. Villain
• Experienced vs. inexperienced
• dangerous vs. vulnerable
• light vs. dark (villain dressed in black)

(Below: Light vs Dark - Theme used in film POSTER)

...but then we have the setting of our opening... We chose to set the sequence in a family home; this shows realism, but it also creates a disruption to the norm as the ‘safe family home’ is a stage for this terrible event. 

• The safety of the home vs. the event.