For question 1, the meaning I was trying to create is that people should keep their guard up no matter where they are. The school is supposedly a safe place, so getting kidnapped is against what is to be expected. It was made to have suspense because this safe place is now not a safe place.
The conventions used to create this was to have an actor run across the camera at a low angle. This was inspired by the film I researched which was called The Silence of the Lambs. Though the Silence of the Lambs was more of a casual run in the woods. The run I used to create a feeling of panic because the actress is running across school campus which is very unusual because since the time children were in elementary school, they are told not to run.
Another convention is the shot-reverse-shot. There are many films that I have researched that have shot-reverse-shot. This allows to see the reactions on the actors faces. This is emphasized on the last seconds of the opening in which both actors are confused on what to do which is plausible because this would confuse a lot of people.
The incidental music in the beginning where Bibi is running has more of a faster pace which allows for the audience to know that this actress is running for a reason. It allows for more suspense too because the audience know something bad is happening. The Shining is a prime example of having incidental music in the opening. Although it was slower, it still had the same purpose of creating suspense.
Another is the high and low angles that are used for conventions. This is previously done by Panic Room, which has several shots at many angles to emphasize different meanings. I used low and high angles to emphasize my meaning. The low angle allows for suspense and to see from the perspective of the actress. The high angles allow for the actresses facial expressions at that time.
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