It begins with an establishing shot of both characters and the location, the creepy music also establishing the genre. We see a point of view shot of the murderer looking in on the girl undressing through the window. It then becomes obvious to the audience that the man is aiming to make contact with the girl, this highlights her vulnerability, playing the cliche female role. There is then a classic match on action shot as the girl opens the door. It then follows her actions as she gets ready to get in the shower, as she switches on the radio, a gentle background diegetic sound is added to the creepy non-diegetic music playing throughout. The fact she is in the shower also portrays vulnerability and sexualises her as a female character. It then cuts to a hand held camera outside the bathroom door as the murderer draws closer to her, it appears she has heard something as it cuts to a reaction, close-up shot of her in the shower. As the murderer shuts off the power, the soundtrack mirrors the darkness by turning silent as she breaths heavily to build a sense of disorientation for the audience. The darkness is then relieved by a candle being lit as she looks frightened and confused, the murderer comes up behind her wearing a mask to ass mystery. As she screams, the light flickers on the murderer. It then fades to her in the bath with blood all over her.
Criticisms:
-In the reaction shot as the murderer comes closer to the door, there is bad continuity in the shot after the reaction shot as she seems to have forgotten anything happened.
-Also, I feel as she looks around the room with the candle, it is unrealistic for her to be standing by the mirror for such a long time, a better way of doing this would be her walking past the mirror and perhaps a glimpse of the murderer in the mirror as she walks past so the suspense is all the more effective.
-I feel too much happens and not enough mystery is with held. The murderers physical form should remain hidden in the opening and also, it is ineffective to kill off the main character right at the beginning.
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