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The film Tormented is classed as comedy horror, the basic plot is A bullied teenager comes back from the dead to take revenge on his classmates.
The film opens with Justine Fielding (Tuppence Middleton) being escorted out of school by the police, as other pupils look on. As she is escorted by the police there are numerous jump cuts, the close ups used show her emotion at this time and the mysterious soundtrack emphasizes the dramatic scene. the jump cuts give the scene a edgy montage effect. we will try and create this feeling in parts of our opening scene.
There is a constant groan in the background and at 00.38 secs the 'aah' sound plays throughout. this gives it an angelic like feel yet combined with the image it creates tension and presence by the character.
It then has a flashback to 5 days earlier, where Justine is reading at the funeral of Darren Mullett (Calvin Dean). She starts to talk about him, when Jason Banks (Olly Alexander) stands up in church and calls her a hypocrite because she didn't really know him. He is then thrown out of church by the sadistic PE teacher.
The ending of the opening scene fades out and at the same time the music fades in.
