Editing is used to create meaning for instance there is fade as it goes from the black screen up to what we can identify as an ocean. The audience starts to question about the location as the setting seems so isolated and lost which links later to the two girls as they seem lost in the middle of no where. We as an audience begin to question about what these two girls are up to as it is not an normal place for two teenagers to be.
Moreover there is cross cutting back and forth from the man in the car and the two girls walking away this implies to us that these two girls are responsible for the brutal attack, the further and further they walk away, the more shots are shown in the car of blood and the attacked man, making the audience dislike these girls the further they get away. Questions asked by the audience would be like why would these girls brutally attack this man.
The visual motif as the titles come on shows a black spike coming down which links to the previous shot of the knife as it is the same shape. The spike comes down as if it is piercing through something and it is black which symbolises danger, death and threat.
Cinematography
Firstly, the camera tracks from the sea to an establishing shot of the location. We can see from this that the setting is remote and isolated. It then cuts to the shot of the two girls and this is when we begin to ask question like why are they in such an isolated area. The director has placed the camera behind them on purpose so it hides there identity this can imply to us that they are up to no good and likely to cause or have caused trouble. . 
The next shot shows the diver's face and we understand that it was a brutal attack and no accident hence, why they are in an isolated area. This shot is a tight frame showing his face and during the clip we can see his eye twitching which could show that he is just severely injured
This shot is a shallow focus which shows to us the two girls blurred out walking away in the distance and the driver's ID badge is in focus and from the ID badge we know that he is a taxi driver. There is also blood splattered on the screen and the girls walking away in the background must be in some way responsible. We immediately empathise for the driver who has been killed or injured as he is just a taxi driver doing his job. We know that this is no accident as the girls wouldn't be continuing to walk away from the bloody scene.
This shot is a mid close up showing the girl's faces. We judge the girl in front of us in the shot to be the main culprit as she is the main focus in the frame.
The shot after this is an extreme close up of the key ring in focus and it shows that the driver was a family guy. We emphasise for the driver as he had family but now he will not be able to return to who we assume is his son. This makes us despite these two violent girls. The audience questions are then answered in the shot after as there is an extreme close up of the knife with blood over it. We immediately know that these girls were responsible for the violent attack.
Mise en Scene
In the shot of the two girls we can see that the girl on the right has unnatural hair colour of red. This could imply that she is quite rebellious, red is a symbol of warning, danger and links to the blood on the screen as it is the same colour and could suggest that she was the one which caused the attack and dragged the other girl into it.
They both walk quite confidently as if they do not care for what they have done or just don't care about the brutally battered man in the car
which reinforces the fact that they are rebellious. When they are walking we can see blood on the two girls showing that they we definitely involved in the attack. The blood on the knife shows that this was the weapon used to severely injure or kill this man and belongs the one of the girls as they are wearing girl clothing. This leaves the audience in shock as we instantly think why would a girl have an offensive weapon like this. She drops the knife showing that she lacks experience as it can lead the police the identify this girl very easily. There is also low key lighting which symbolises threat and danger. Sound
At the beginning of the opening sequence there is score of the howling wind which starts to increase in pitch and reaches a sting of a sudden loud noise of the wind. It shows that the location is open or it could suggests that there could be potential danger lurking ahead, or something may happen in the next few moments. When we get to the scene in the car there is diegetic sound of the engine running and the radio is turned on this shows that the attack is quite recent. Moreover, there is diegetic sound of the heavy breathing and hyperbolic sound of footsteps which shows that they are getting away from the scene quite quickly, suggesting that they are responsible for what happened. The heavy breathing could imply that they have just had adrenaline rushing through them which can cause the heavy breathing as they could have been scared for what they have done.
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