Mr Henton has allocated each group 1 DVD of a teen horror film, we have each been told to watch the opening scene and analyize it picking out different camera shots, number of camera shots, effects etc.
Solstice -
The opening scene to Solstice starts with a black screen, it then fades in with the noise of a dark wind blowing, creating tension and spooking the audience. It then cuts to several different shots of various different locations, a summer house, woods, a moon the pans and montages into holes in a wool, all in black and white. All this happens with the mirror image down the middle to add distortion to the viewers mind and the credits are in a fancy white font, which also seems distorted. We then hear a young babies laugh and pan across to a picture of two young children, this shot quickly changes to sun creeping through the tree branches, this changes the atmosphere completely. We then go back to the woodland from at POV shot and we see a hand, with red on it, picking up what appears to be some form of object, this is the first sight of real colour we see in the opening scene. We then switch to a distance shot of woodland, a bright light then swoops through the woodland and it montages into a shot of rain drops falling ever so slightly, and then onto a distance shot of woodland, surrounding different paths, this could represent different options, it also has quick flash shots of different types of shots, just like the whole of the first scene does.
The next shot shown is a panning shot, the music still remains creepy, but not frightening, this helps spook the audience as they are very unsure of what awaits them, the panning shot is off chopped woodland and dead branches, this then switches once more to another panning shot of standing healthy trees with sunlight again creeping through the healthy branches, this also shows the branches moving in the wind. The next shot shown is the rain drops mentioned earlier falling into what is a extreme close up of what may be a puddle, river, or ocean. The then changes into a shot of the camera under the water and flash shots of a young teddy bear, which is similar to that of the one shown in the picture at the top of this post, and then back to the under water camera, and then another flash shot of a girls face in the water, with fear upon her face.
At this point we are coming towards the end of the opening scene and the next shot is one of woodland, the same POV shot within the woodland but this time we see a small figure of a human, what looks to be like a girl, we only see this for a split second and you have to look hard to spot her running behind the trees. This montages into lots of moving smoke/clouds which fade out to show a group of black birds circulating, this could represent death or danger. The amount of camera shots per minute is rising at this point to increase tension and intensity. The font turns to black on the credits and we see the hand again, this time it is black with blood dripping down the finger, this cause the viewers heart rate to rise and we then go to a black screen with a bubbling noise of almost like a swamp scene feel. It then goes back to the water and woodland scenes but the shots are sped up and added spooking noises are included. It then cuts to a mirror image of a woman who appears to be dead. The final shot is that of a graveyard, it pans across the graveyard and then zooms into one gravestone, then zooms out and focusses on one girl sat on a bench. This is the end of the opening scene.
Production Team -
Endgame Entertainment
Solstice Productions
Key Creatives
Distribution Team -
Pyramid
Square One Entertainment
Viva International Pictures
Argentina Video Home
Distribution Company
Dutch FilmWorks
Film4
Future Film
RTL Entertainment
The Weinstein Company
Release Date -
January 1st 2008.
Runtime -
91 Minutes
Certification -
15
Directed By -
Daniel Myrick
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