Shot by shot.

Shot by shot analysis.

Opening Logo
We investigated multiple company logos and we found that depending on the film and that film style and sub-genre the opening logo changes. In this case both our logo and the lions gate logo have changed colour to a more red colour. This is because the colour red is a sign of danger but also affects the vampire sub-genre more as it is also the colour of blood witch plays a vital role in the mythology and core conventions of vampires and vampire films. In both cases the logo makes it clear what the company's name is as well as fitting in with the films style as to not detract from the production.

 Title

Both the opening titles to the film "The lost boys" and our film use images from everyday life that at first glance appear to be normal(church or fair) but then mix them in with missing posters to suggest that everything is not right yet not make it clear who is behind it and ruin the suspense.
by involving places like churches that are normally seen as holy and safe and then mixing them with images of missing people we attempted to make there be a sense of no where being safe, we then carry this on as the protagonist has nightmare in his own home and the suggestion of a vampire entering his house appears.

Sub genre convention
Both the image of our vampire and that of Christopher Lee as Dracula involve two vital components of the vampire film sub-genre. These are the use of fang, the elongated and sharpened teeth used by vampires to feed is the most important and most recognizable part of vampires. Blood is the second instantly recognizable part and instantly connected to vampires as they drink it for sustenance. It is important to see the difference in our vampire types, while Dracula has only a little blood and is quite refined our vampire is designed to be much more messy and not a gentle man instead feeding by messily ripping and tearing at his meal thus becoming covered in blood in a frenzy.

 Character
In the film underworld and our film the two human protagonists are set up in similar ways, each is depicted as being alone in a place otherwise filled with people, a train station and a street. Each is also shown to be being followed by vampires. by putting them in bland cloths and then into everyday situations it helps the audience to identify with that character, and then by putting them alone by use of camera angles it depicts them as vulnerable and weak. this fits with the idea of vampires being much more powerful than humans.

Mise-en-scene 
In vampire films the vampires and antagonists are often put in large coats and jackets that are mostly leather, this is to create a sense of danger about that character but also to help shroud that characters identity as often vampires do not wish to be seen. this helps the horror aspects of the film and not fully seeing the antagonists helps them to retain their sense of danger. both the images from our film and the film "Blade 2" use this on the main threat.

Reaction to light
One key aspect to vampires is the idea that they are burnt and hurt by sun light, this is shown in our as having hurt our protagonist who is becoming a vampire but unlike blade it does not instantly kill them.