Sarah: Evaluation Question 1

We felt the title of the film was vital to keep the mystery behind the narrative, also didn't want to take it seem too cliche in terms of its genre. The title was established from the saying "to die for", meaning something is desirable. we felt that this was a clever play on the saying as well as giving the audience a brief idea on the genre.looking back since we made the opening, i discovered another film called "To Die For".

in the opening of our film. we wanted to portray this feeling of obsession over the teacher. the shot shown bellow of Lucy drawing such a detailed picture of him creates the sense of her infatuation.

another way we wanted to show her obsession was through the use of imagery and photography. from watching other films following a narrative of stalking etc, we felt that having photos of him inside her locker would show how far over the line she is prepared to go for him, furthering showing her obsession.

in terms of camera such as shots and composition, we felt that having the slow moving zooms could show the secrecy of what she's doing for example when she is sticking up the photos. it also shows that the audience is intruding into her life, into her routine almost.

the way that the opening credits fade in and out across the screen further creates the feeling of secrecy and hiding things from the audience and her surroundings in the way that the credits almost creep up onto screen.

our film begins with mug shots of Lucy, this connotes she could be dangerous, or that she has broken some sort of rules. this already suggests to the audience that she is a character to be worrisome over.