Silence Of The Lambs

I recently watched Silence of the Lambs which is a horror/thriller just like our film opening is. Unfortunatley the films opening quite dull as it is simply made up of a girl completing an assault course. This establishes the location as we understand where the girl is, however it doesn't grab the audience's attention as well as other films which jump straight into the action. It does leave the audience on as stereotypically women are not often in the armed forces so the audience watches to find out why the woman is completing this course. It may be believed however that she is running away from something as she often turns around to search around her and the scene is very foggy to add mystery.

Further in the film, we see an obsessed transvestite killer who kills large women so he can cut off their skin, which shows his obsession and the extremes he will go to to look like a woman. There is a shot of his arm reaching out to touch the policewoman, which is similar to a shot we have filmed of our killer reaching out. This shows that the obsessed killer is not violent but is not timid. The reaching out to touch the victim seems alot more effective as it creates creepiness that sends goosebumps up the spine. I think that we should use the shot we have filmed similarily to this, as it has been used in a film already and creates a very spooky look. Also this shot uses the nightvision effect which we are considering using when we use the dark room, I think we should use it as it creates a gloomy effect and establishes the dark, creepiness of the location.