First practice shots

We have reached the point in the project where we need to pick a camera and start filming. Realizing that, Mark decided to send the group our first practice shot. As seen below the shot is of the low angle variety. This low angle in particular is meant to demonstrate the power of the individual that will enter the frame. The color of this shot is symbolic in that the blackness represents the darkness inside this individual. The sharp black in the shot is not only symbolic, but it foreshadows. Foreshadows the darkness that is about to happen the murder. Black usually means death or lack of life therefore, by including such an abundance of black the viewer has an inkling of what is to come. Another technique that is applied in this opening shot is the sound. Both a score of Mozart and sound effects of dogs barking both are there to serve different purposes. The score of Mozart is there to add to the procedural order of the killing. This killer is not messy he treats murder with a sense of order and cleanness that we believe Mozart adds. While the sound effects of the dogs barking add to the normalcy of the murder he is just a normal man, representing the idea that even your next door neighbor could be a murderer. This is obviously reinforced with the film location, the ordinary house adds to the feeling that this serial killer is a normal Joe like you and me, he just kills people. Similarly to the sharp blackness in the shot, the sound effects of the dogs barking foreshadow the murder. As a dog relies heavily on instinct and most of the time in movies dogs know if a character is shady, therefore these techniques that seem little are actually major in seting up the murder with the same cleanness of the murder itself.