Directors commentary
Script
when the techer dissaperars behind the corner, i used canted angle to foreshadow that something bad has will happent to this character by conveying that all is not normal as he camer a tilted - this also created inigma s the audience is left wondering what happens to this character and where she went
I used a long shot here to show how far how far away the kids are from safety. this distance also creates a disretted feeling that the children are alone and vulnerable
the point of view shot that you are left with at the end of the filmopening is the point of view from one of the drowning children, where the main character swims towards them to try and save them.
i slightly challenged the convention of an extreame close up here as i did not show a close up of the protagonis's face by just showed close up of the floating body parts of the childrens body parts so that the focus is on them and the infered accident