Sunday, 8 January 2012

Analysis Of Film Openings

MementoConventions :

The film contains tense music, blood, tension, mystery, smashed windows, guns and fighting. All of which are typical Thriller conventions.

Camera: Close- ups, Mid-shots, Black and White effects that give the idea of a flashback, CCTV shots.

Editing: Long clips that create tension, makes the audience wonder, slow paced editing suggests calmness, actions are reversed which makes the film seem like its going backwards, which also makes the reader question what is going on.


Sound: Tense Music, Clock, Voice Over.

Mise-En-Scene: Blood, dirty clothes, scratches, suggests violence, main character is in a suit, broken windows and dirty abandoned buildings.


Brick
Conventions: Dead bodies, mystery, gloomy scenery, tension, and flaskbacks.

Camera: Fading shots, cloe ups, changes in focus, mid-shots.

Editing: Jump shots, slow paced editing, (builds tension), edit at end foreshadows next scene.


Sound: No dialogue, non-diegetic sound, strange music.

Mise-En-Scene: Underpassing, stream, dirty, casual clothes, worried eyes.

Zodiac   
Conventions: 'innocent' young people get murdered, mystery, tension, gun, darkness, suspense.

Camera: camera positioned in car, close-ups.

Editing: Non-diegetic caption, slow paced editing, gets faster as scene gets tenser.

Sound: Diegetic music, not too much dialogue.

Mise-En-Scene: Casual clothes, dark area, young people. Set in the 70's.

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