SlasherEG10: 5ive Girls

DVD cover

5ive Girls
(Warren P Sonoda, 2006)

Budget: $3m (estimated)
Box Office: not stated, no theatrical release

opening shot

The opening shot is an establishing shot and an extreme long shot of a building that is anchored to have a connection to religion. This is signified by the large cross on the side of the building. It also looks a lot like a school.

extreme long shot

The shot then changes to inside the building where it is then clearly shown as a school, signified by the uniform the girl is wearing and the desks and chalk boards. This shot pans over the room so the audience notice all these signifiers and then starts to concentrate more on the girl sat at the desk.

extreme close up

Her father then comes and speaks to her about the religion related pictures she is drawing. Straight away the audience realise that the religion in this film will be very relevant to the plot.

close up

There are some good examples of close ups and extreme close ups of the father and daughter talking and the good relationship they have. I think their relationship is built up as she ends up being the scream queen at the end of the opening, and this way the audience will be more effected by her death and the father can react off it better.

low angle

The girl then becomes possessed, they show this by using a lot of fast paced editing when weird stuff starts to happen. They also use some low angled shot to show that whatever is possessing her is powerful and do an extreme close up of her eyes to also show she is possessed.

extreme close up

The father then manages to get into the room and his possessed daughter is nowhere to be seen but there is a pool of blood on the floor. There is a close up of this.

blood

The credits then start to be shown. They are on a black and red animated background that shows things related to the film and religious figures. The font is in white and is sans serif. This white writing shows up very clearly against the background. The different names change from either side of the screen. This might be something we consider to use in our production.

titles

titles