Thriller Openings:
The disappearance of Alice Creed
Camera shot sizes:
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| Shallow Depth Of Field |
- Shallow depth of field: Used when the 2 antagonists are buying weapons and adds focus on the weapons so we can clearly see them and think about what could happen with these as they clearly play an important role.
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| Slit Framing |
- Slit Framing: Used when one of the antagonists is unscrewing the number plate. This shot allows us to see what’s happening behind and also involves the audience as if they are watching him and seeing what’s happening in their eyes.
Mise En Scene:
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| Setting |
- Setting: In one shot the setting is a wood. The setting of a dark and empty wood creates suspense as we can detect that something could happen here due to the lighting and the antagonists.
- Body Language: The body language of the 2 antagonists in one scene is completely in sync with each other which to the audience create an impression to them that they are almost robot like and can help the audience to imagine and vision a background and history of them.
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| Body Language |
Editing:
- In the film the shots are all edited together by cut shots helping create continuity between all the different shots and locations.
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Fast paces cuts
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- In the whole of the 2 minute opening, there is no dialogue used at all which helps with the mood of the thriller which is supposed to create suspense. It also creates a sense of Enigma between these characters.
- In the opening, a soundtrack plays throughout. The soundtrack has a cello in it and creates a very dark and eerie sound throughout. Also, the soundtrack has a clicking noise, almost like a clock, which gradually speeds up as if the characters are running out of time which relates back to the idea the editing gave me.
Terminator 2: Judgement Day
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| Extra Long shot |
Camera work:
- Extra Long shot: The use of an Extra Long shot shows the huge effect on the land of whatever has happened and shows the emptiness and loneliness of the setting we are at in the film.
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| Tracking |
- Tracking: The camera is used to track the girl on the swing at the beginning adding emphasis on her and making the audience think about her role and does she have anything to do with any of the characters. It also creates enigma as we don’t know who she is.
Mise En Scene:
- Lighting: The lighting in both the different setting shows the contrast between the 2 different places or the same place but in a different time. This creates suspense with the audience because they don’t know what has happened to make such a contrast in environments. The first setting has very bright lighting reflecting the happiness and mood the children are in. The lighting in the next scene is extremely light with no light source being seen showing the contrast between the settings.
- Props: In the first setting we see a little girl on a swing set. Later, in the contrast in environment, we see the swing set again only this time, no-one using it and it being broken. This helps create enigma but also help create continuity as the audience realise where the setting is.
Editing methods:
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| Fade |
- Fade: When we see the little girl on the swings, it slowly fades out into a white screen. This creates the idea that this may have been a dream or that we went back in time.
- Pace: The pace of these cuts is very slow as there is no action in the beginning scenes and it helps add effect to the emptiness and loneliness of the scene.
Sound:
- Voice Over: The voice over in the scenes helps the audience to understand what happened in the scenes and give some background knowledge so the audience have an idea of what’s going on.
- Diegetic sounds: The diegetic sounds in the background help to add a sense of realism to the scenes so they are more realistic. The squeaking when the car piece is swinging adds realism and also the wind in the background as we can see the wind blowing things in the background.
The two that you have completed are excellent. Do the others to this quality and clearly level 4
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