Thriller openings

Misery: Thriller
The opening two minutes establishes the character. It highlights the fact that he is on his own by having a close up of the glass standing on its own and once he  finishes his book he celebrates on his own. They also have the titles in red on a black background showing danger or blood.

Cube: Thriller/Sci fi
The opening shows the cube and the effects of it. It shows the unpredictability in the film. The cube is dark and unknown to the audience and the characters so it feels as if the audience are discovering the Cube with the characters.

No country for old men: Thriller/Cop
This opening sets the scene for the film and also shows how the film will continue. The vast emptiness means the audience does not know what is out there.

Training day: Thriller/Cop
The opening for training day establishes the roles of the characters (Denzel Washington's is the dominant one). This opening in particular hooks the audience in due to its use of humor in the opening scene. The white cop/black cop is now becoming a sub genre of its own just like having a clever and stupid cop.

Vertigo: Thriller/cop
The opening is unpredictable because it is surprising to see that the cop trying to help is the one who falls off the roof. This works well because the audience expects for the criminal to be the one to fall off the roof when being chased not the cop trying to help out his partner. This opening also uses the Hitchcock stare this is when the background has been zoomed in on but the foreground remains as it is. It also uses the music to highlight the fact that it is a tense scene and that something drastic might happen (such as someone falling off the roof).

Unbreakable: Thriller/Supernatural
This opening works well because it plays on the fact that the majority of people are very sympathetic when it comes to babies. So when it shows this baby in pain the audience already wants to know what happened and see something done about it. It also plays on the mind a bit when the characters are talking through a mirror but it is still clear who is talking and to who.


The hand that rocks the cradle: Thriller/Psychological
This opening is unlike the rest of thriller openings because it is the complete opposite of the rest of the film because it is very peaceful and also shows the parts of the house that later are key parts to the story. It also shows the credits which are not always shown in thriller openings.

The silence of the lambs: Thriller/Psychological
The opening almost tricks the audience into thinking that the leading woman is the victim whereas she is the main person looking for killer and was not running from anything but in fact just training. Unlike many films this one has a strong female leader that is in charge throughout the entire film.

Enemy of state

Analysing editing:

The aim of this sequence is to increase suspense  This is done by speeding up shots and also by the music used at certain times. They used fast paced music when the people are closing in on where the main characters are, this gives the audience a sense of urgency because they could be about to get caught. The shots speed up when the people are closing in on the main characters this almost makes the audience hold their breath because they cant see how they will escape from this.

The close up shots in this sequence are mainly used to show what is important to the scene and how they are being used at that time. The medium close up shot were used to show which characters are talking and who they are talking with.

 The editing helps with the genre of thriller because it used fast shots and uses different amount of time between each cut. So the time between cuts will become very small to increase tension and suspense which is part of the thriller genre.

Behind the scenes

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Preliminary task

Evaluation: The main thing that could of been improved was the length of the video. This video is quite short and could of been expanded by adding to the begging. By this I mean that there could of been more filmed before she enters the room. Also all of us have the same edit because of problems with computers that means that we might not of been able to of edited it the way we individually wanted. As well as this it seems as though kelly has opened the door twice because she walks in through the door in one camera shot and then from another she is only half way through the door.
However the part where there is over the shoulder shots worked well and had a good effect. In the same shots it also obeys the 180 degree rule since all of the shots are on the same side. This means the audience will not get confused and it does not look like the actors keep on switching sides.