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Camera work
There are a good use of camera shots such as long shots, medium shots, closed ups and extreme close ups and i think that they are used very well. The long shots to show the scene, and closer up hsots when more detail is needed. I really liked the shot of Tom and Jess walking way @ 0:43 as i think it was framed very well, them walking into the distance getting a bit smaller as the camera stayed static. Also liked the shot @ 1:34 which makes use of a natural boarder with the trees. However at about 1:20 the shot is very shakey as it is panned across the field, which isn't nice to watch. Even though they are still images i think that the last shots work really well in creating suspence and highering the pace making the last shot (kicking football) really dramatic. This builds up the tension and supsence for the full length film to start, which i think work really well.


Thriller conventions
Lots of potential thriller conventions are in your opening sequence which is good. Your thriller is based on a crime, which is a kidknapping, this is one of the main thriller conventions. I think that one of the best ones which you have used is using micros elements to build up suspense. As i said above the still images work wonderful to do this and then the quick shot combined with the sudden noise to finish works very well to create a very dramatic feel.