'The Anaesthetist'

Here it is-what you've all been waiting for...my group's finished production...enjoy!

'The Anaesthetist'

Comments welcome.

Overall think our opening was successful! I really like the range of shot types within the opening and i think the acting and diegetic sound works fantastically. Also the variety of transitions such as straight cuts and fades to and from the titles works really well at either maintaining the action or creating further agitation on the audience's behalf.-These aspects are exactly how i, along with the group, intended them to be. The only thing i dislike is the non-diegetic music. I think it could have been improved however the group as a whole did not realise the sheer time and effort that needed to go into this researching. If i had more time to research music which linked well with the opening i would have really felt more satisfied with the production. The police siren in the background is pretty irrelevent however the lack of lyrics was successful as the audience is still kept firmly in the action without thinking about the song.-It enhances rather than takes over.

As a group we also realised that when watching the final opening sequence back, Amy the victim in the opening is not given a clear link to the next victim. I personally feel that linking them more explicitly in some way, e.g. friends or from the same university/work, would have made the narrative clearer to teh viewer.

Also i think that not enough impact is created at the end of the opening. Although there is a pan across te polaroids of the killers' victims, i feel that to make it more dramatic and emphaise his next victim, we should have zoomed in really close or had a jump cut or had a flash to negative/white screen. This would really have helped anchor the fact that this next victim is going to be the main character of teh rest of teh film.

In order to make the action continual in our film, i.e. realistic and plausible, we decided to follow all continuity rules. These included; never crossing the 180degrees line so the audience are always aware of the characters sense of direction , using shots more than 30 degrees from the last to avoid the effect of ‘jump cuts’, using eye-line matches, matches on action, and shot reverse shots. Also the distancing increases and decreases gradually which helps move the audience smoothly across physical space. As a result, i feel using these techniques really aided the success of our opening sequence.