The Watcher Opening Clip

Our clip begins by running through the credits and title screens. Our music starts from the outset to help set the tone of the clip as sinister, easily being associated with the horror genre. Between title screens, it cuts to a close up of "Simon", and then pans left to "Will" which helps establish an initial relationship between the characters and introduce them to the audience. It then cuts back to the title screens. This then cuts to a close up of "Serena's" feet, with a tracking shot of her walking down a pavement. A fade transition is used to cut to the next shot of "Will". Diegetic dialogue can be heard in the background, faintly cutting through the non-diegetic background music. There is a close up of him, and he is being tracked, which shows that the group is travelling somewhere. It then cuts to the title screen. This is followed by various close ups and zooming of individual characters, which again helps the audience to establish a relationship and form their initial judgments of the characters. This cuts to text screen describing the events that had occurred and introducing the "lost footage" concept. There is a non-diegetic typewriting sound effect that replaces the previous creepy theme music. Then this cuts to the scene where the topic of the film is introduced through dialogue, with "Will" raising the topic of suspicious deaths occurring in the woods in relation to the warning sign. At various intervals, a crackling clip and sound have been edited in, to reinforce the video camera footage concept.
At the end of the clip, there is a loud noise which catches the attention of the characters, and after they have acknowledged it the scene cuts to the crackling scene. This makes the clip appear more mysterious, and makes the audience want to know more about the events.