1. What is revealed to the audience?
A black screen is shown, with non-diegetic sound of heavy breathing, accompanied by a woman humming a soothing tune. Writing appears, and the audience becomes aware of what is occuring before and during the storyline (Spain 1944, after the civil war, the armed resistance against the new fascist regime) The camera then slowly pans to a young girl with blood on her face, breathing heavily and obviously in distress, the camera pans anti-clockwise into a close-up, to show that she is lying on the ground. A voiceover then begins to describe a fantasy world, where a young girl longs to enter the real world, and does so - clearing her memory and killing her; her father swears he would wait for her to return to him.
2. What is conventional?
- The element of the unknown
- The main character is introduced; the audience feels confusion to the manner of her introduction; as she is badly hurt and struggling to breath
3. What is unconventional?
- Having a good and thorough understanding of the backstory to the storyline; whilst still maintaining the element of the unknown
- The camera angle when panning into a close up of the main character's face, as she turns from the edge of the frame to the center
4. How has it inspired me?
It has inspired me to perhaps explore a rare sub-genre of thriller, and daring to be unconventional and individual, while still using fairly simple techniques of sound and camera shots/angle and managing to successfully create an unknown for the audience.
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