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We showed a clear contrast between justice and injustice fighting against each other. The identity of the protagonist and antagonist is unknown which has a growing sense of danger and threat. There is a clear sense of pursuit and begins with a sense of equilibrium and show the overall degeneration of events. I decided to show it from both the victims and abductors point of view. I decided to do this so that it allows the audience to become more involved in the events themselves and therefore get them closer to the characters.

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The title is situated in the centre at the end of the opening sequence in time with the strike of the axe. "M O L L Y" appears dramatically which connotes the strike of the axe. The music has reached its climax just as the axe strikes and molly appears on screen which gives the audience and immense and tense feeling. As for the style itself the title is written in a glowing, spacious, omnious font which contributes to the audience's feeling that something bad is going to happen/ has happened.

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One of our most noticeable piece of editing is the scene where the abductor takes the hammer and then the flash back transition to him cleaning/ sorting the tools. It reflects the psychological thriller theme is various ways, one being that the audience not know his intentions of using them. The opening sequence to Se7en uses similar effects. Our most used piece of editing is jump cuts as we thought that was most effective yet simple

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One of the most obvious and effective shots in our opening sequence is the close up of the victims (Cherry) face. The use of this shot is used to really grasp the emotion and vulnerability from her face. We also used a pan following the victim's feet up to her face again as a sense of vulnerability to increase suspense and helplessness. There are shots where both characters are in and for this we used a medium shot to show how they relate to each other. The increased cut rate towards the end of our opening sequence allows the audience to feel involved in the action and keeps them intrigued and on the edge of their seat as they don't know what's going to happen next. As a result of the gunpowder mill being in the middle of the woods, light was relatively restricted and dim however worked to our advantage. The dim lighting hid parts of the characters and the surroundings, making the audience think that there's more to it than what they originally thought. This adds mystery and suspense as they are anticipating constantly as to what actions the characters might make next. The fact the abductor is seen in different places rather than the victim shown in one spot shows that he is very much in control of the area and has power.

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We decided to use old, rusty tools to reflect our sub genre. It’s all the essential tools that would be needed to carry out a successful kidnapping and have many connotations to violence. Some of the tools were symbolic and used  as clues to an underlying mystery, for example the close up of the hammer, when picked up the audience don’t know what the abductors intention is to use it which keeps them at the edge of their seat. Having these tools helps the story come alive, and helps the audience activate their imagination more readily as to what the abductor is going to do with them.  Tools have been used as weapons in many movies such as Hostel (2005) and the Saw trilogy. Tools play the main, essential role in this film to represent violence. We wanted to portray our protagonist as a violent, aggressive character and by using these props and the way that he handles them connotes this. It also gives off a dangerous vibe.
We wanted to keep the costumes relatively simple, so for the victim I decided that she should wear casual clothes as if she'd just been taken yet keeping the focus to her face makeup which shows that she has been beaten up which could suggest that she put up a fight. For the abductor I decided to dress him in dark, ragged clothing to reflect his character. I also gave him gloves to wear so with the scene of him putting on the gloves It suggests that he his hiding a dark secret which connotes an underlying mystery for the audience.

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I found that single worded titles were popular, so decided to use "M O L L Y" to make the audience more intrigued and interested to watch the rest of the film and likely to remember it. I chose the font, colour and background carefully giving hints to the audience as to what the genre of the film is, therefore I gave it a dark background and omnious, glowing like white/light blue font.

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We set our opening sequence in one main location; Chilworth's abandoned gunpowder mill where the abductor (George Barlow) keeps his victim (Cherry Meeks) hostage. We chose this setting to make it more intriguing for the audience rather than having a typical basement or derelict house etc. This derelict gunpowder mill has a lot of connotations to a thriller movie as it reflects the edgy and mysterious feel to it. My research taught me that the audience look for violent and intense scenes in thriller movies therefore by setting our opening sequence in an mysterious, abandoned gunpowder mill it could link to intense scenes of violence due to the eerie effect that the mill gives off. This could also link to the film Hostel (2005) as the director decided to film in an abandoned warehouse which give off the same dramatic and eerie effect as our location. Directors probably choose abandoned places for violent scenes as they are normally dirty, old and have big empty places for fights. The colour of them are usually dull, dark and grey which has a great effect as it reflects the genre. These colours emphasise the helplessness of the first character you see, in this case the abducted girl (Cherry).