Analysis of C grade thriller - 'THE SEARCH'

This thriller starts by stating the production company that distributed the film, and then moves onto show footage filmed from a video camera, displaying the 'record' sign, the frame, and everything else you would see on a video recorder. The music is very one note based for a while, and you are able to hear diegetic dialogue from the person who is recording the small child. The titles to this thriller sweep on from the right hand side first, then the left of the screen, slowing down momentarily allowing the audience to see who is featured in this film. The titles also display great graphology, as the start of each name is designed to look like a child's play brick, indicating what sort of thriller movie this may be and sparks questions about what the narrative may include. 
Another home video is shown and the child and family sound and look very happy, this, with the off putting music could suggest that something bad is going to happen, and the fact that this footage is taken from a video camera maybe could suggest that the little girl who features in the footage is not here anymore, and if you carry on watching you may find out clues or pointers as to what may have happened.
The music dies down as the dialogue starts from the female character, however you can still hear the music as it is not cut off completely, creating a base for the scenes to follow.
The editing between shots fades in and out in order to proceed to the next shot, this gives the piece a creepy effect as the slowly fading of the previous scene could intrigue the audience into what could happen next. There is a voice over of a female voice explaining how she doesn't know what she is waiting for anymore, the sound is not coming from the character directly, and is a voice over that has been recorded seperately and then edited on in an editing software to make the piece look and sound clean.
The thriller has a very dark lighting to it, when the women is placing images and stuffed toys on her bed, she is bathed in a dark light, which is stereotypical to thrillers and fits the conventions perfectly, it keeps the audience on the edge of their seats as they watch and listen, eager to know what happens next.
The sound of the hoover interupts the flow of the piece, which I see as a weakness, the sound is very loud and high pitched and could distract the audience from their growing concern, maybe detatching them from the piece completely. However the sound is not on for long, and is replaced again by the voice over and eerie music instead. In the scene in the living room, there is a slow motion shot of someone throwing a piece of paper into a baby seat. This could indicate the audience to start thinking of narrative enigmas, wondering where the scene will take them to.
The character then starts to dress in an all black costume, and the camera uses multiple shot types in order to show the audience the scene from multiple angles, this is aided by the rising voice over of the female character, who seems to be agitated about something (which is currently unknown). It is suggested that the character is going out to do something that maybe she should not be doing, again sparking narrative enigma for the audience as they will start to wonder where she is going and what has pushed her to take action.
This thriller uses a range of shot types, including pans, close ups, low angles and also a tracking shot, following the character out of the room and down the stairs. All these shots are used in a way to create suspense and keep the audience interested. The voice over stops at the same time the music stops, which signals to the audience something is about to happen, or the scene is leading up to something exciting. 
In this part of the piece, the sound is not that great, it is muffled and sounds as if it is underwater. Of course it would be impossible to have no sound, but the sound available could have been made clearer by having a seperate recording of each sound ,and placed over the top when editing.
At the end of the piece there is a shot in which the camera turns completely, following the character as she walks out the door and down the street, this shot is useful as you are able to see where the character is going..
The opening sequence ends with the character speaking to someone unknown on the phone claiming 'shes ready, let's do this'. This holds the audience in place, wondering what is she doing? What is she ready to do? The character walks out the frame of the camera, signalling the start of the thriller after the opening scene. The piece fades out with the sound of action music, which is where the full thriller would carry on. This makes the piece much more realistic.