Wednesday 19 January 2011

Analysing previous students thriller openings

Firstly i analysed group P2-37 they used thesub-genre of a crime thriller. They framed the shots very well, the location of the scene was established making the viewer understand what was going on and also giving them faint idea of what sort of crime would be committed, for example having it in a dark dingy lower class area suggests that there will be an element of stealing of drug abuse of some sort. There is a particualr shot twhere the gang of boys is running out of the car park there is a strip of light throught the middle of the screen, whereas the rest is blank. This is an example of how the opening is carefully framed, this varys the visual image that the audience are shown and creates the idea of the place being dingy and dangerous by only having a strip of light from an underground carpark. I think this also gives the film a more proffesional  overall image.
Both the protagonist adn the antogonist are shown using varied shots, the women is shown at two high angle shots one from her walking along the road and one from her coming up the stairs this shows her vurnerability as it gives the effect and idea of someone looking down on her. The gang of boys are first shown to us at a long shot the shot at first is blank then we see the boys come out walking at the same pace, this makes them seem intimidating as they are in a big group, but also you don't know when they will appear and the audience may not be expecting it. This fits the conventions of a typical crime thriller as we are introduced to bot the committer of the crime and the victim. There is a point of view close up of the boy about to throw the punch, this enables us and makes us seem as if we the audience are on the recieving end of the violence.
There is music all the way throught the sequence, meaning the audience is kept interested, it also relates to the images shown in the sequence. For example, as the crime is being committed the music becomes more upbeat this creates fast pace mirroring the way the crime is committed in a quick straight to the point  way. There is a clear use of hanheld camera movement, after the crime is being committed, this shows the aftershock of the crime and the panic the boys are going through to get away. The scene is then changed to a shot of two girls in a bedroom, they are oblivious to what has just happened. This is also shown by the music as it changes to a more softer tone.

The second opening sequence i analysed was

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