Analysing a student's film opening

I've been browsing around the hall of fame page and the film opening that I decided to talk about is 'Stroke'. The opening of Stroke has a strong and firm feel to it. Slowly dragging the audience into it, it formally briefs us about the type of genre it is going to be by the dark and gory colours of the title sequence. The opening applies the main techniques when recording- Camera, Editing, Mise en scene and Sound. I notice they use a close up on the glass, it is the first thing that is shown in the scene. It suggests that the glass could be a very important factor to the character and could have a huge part to play in their plan.

A close up to show the expressions that are on the character's face. To show the audience some discomfort in his character.

This part of the opening is an editing perspective shot, where we are looking at the papers in his point of view. To show that he is up to something. The Mise en scene in this scene shows that the character in messy and obviously done a lot of research. It shows that he is dedicated in doing the task and that he is very lonely.





The sound in the opening creates awareness and tension. The non-digetic sounds makes the audience feel that the character shouldn't be trusted. It also creates a sense of isolation to the character.