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Analysis of thriller opening

J.F.K



Sound:

• used of narration.
  
• soundtrack, military.

SFX:

• N/A

Camera:

• Mid shot of a real footage showing a man talking.
• ELS showing the area.

Mise-en-scene:

• using real footage in the news.
• typography is used black and white.

Editing :

• Montage editing showing different clip from old footage.
• cut.

Conventions:

• this film is about death, war and assassination etc.
• it used omniscient narrative.

Silence of the Lambs

Sound:

• soundtrack of orchestral

SFX:

• N/A

Camera:

• ELS 
• MS showing character running.
• close-up feet and face.
• tilting 
• tracking 

Mise-en-scene:

• the set is inside a wood
• is foggy and misty.

Editing:

• wipe
• cut
• continuity editing

Conventions:

• it have a red herring when the character running it look like some one tracing her.
• then we notice she is training in a FBI camp.

Code and Conventions of a thriller

                         Red Eye 2005 by Wes Craven



In this sequence it clearly shows how the antagonist look like. it used close-up to show his face expression and used shadow lighting on his face, to emphasize the dark side of this character.

This film contained non-diegetic sound is use to scare the audience when we see the antagonist outside the door, this build tension to the audience.

diegetic sound is used to show the movement and action code is used to emphasize victim trying to gasping for air and running away from the antagonist and this create tension to the viewer.

Omniscient narrative and continuity editing is used to show the action sense.

Close-up of victim face expression showing she suffering.

It have used 360 degree rule in this scene to show the movement between the two character. 

the mise-en-scene in this sequence we can see is take place inside a plan toilet and it have a low soundtrack in the background, the reason is because the both character is whisper in the toilet, so we can hear there dialogue.

The other conventions in this sequence it have used a cheap surprise when the victim open the door and see the antagonist.

In this thriller sequence the antagonist is represent as a working class white male and abnormally normal killer, this identify a element of a thriller.

The sub-genre in this sequence is include crime and action in this thriller.

The main editing is used cut, is because is in a invisible transition, to show is in a continue movement.

Then we have shot revers shot showing two characters talking.

Code and Conventions of a thriller

Zodiac 2007 by David Fincher



The first camera shot is used an establishing shot, showing the murder take place. In the mise en scene, we can see a shadow, dim lighting in the motorway, this give idea to the audience the character is in a deserted rural area, this create suspense on the audience, it give a feeling of loneliness.
It has used tracking to show the movement of the car moving.
In this thriller sequence, it has used an omniscient narration-showing victim driving in a car, but we do not have any shot showing the murder face, we called this restrictive shot, by not showing the face of the antagonist, it crate the theatre of the mind to the audience, therefore the audience will image how the character look like. The representation of the antagonist is represent as an American well-spoken white male, we know that by the way he talk and the used of language. The way the antagonist dress is causal, it may show the character is in a middle class and we can see his car is kind of an expensive car, but we cannot see it clearly.
The convention have used in this sequence were red herrings and cheap surprise. The red herring were we think the antagonist is a good person who helps the victim to fix the car and it came out his the murder.
Cheap surprise is used it by having a non-diegtice soundtrack when the woman stop the care and see the antagonist, this create tension on the audience, they think something goanna happened, but nothing happened until the antagonist gone then the car well came off.
It have used eye line shot to show what the victim see, therefore we do not know what the antagonist is doing to the car this give the audience an enigma code, ‘why he doing this?’ & ‘what his doing?’
This show element of a thriller.
It used a lot of closed-up in this sequence to show the face expression of character, show fears on the victim face, this may emphasize the fears on the audience.
Continuity editing, cut and fade is used in this sequence to show the murder take place and showing time is running.
The sub genre for this film it will be crime, biography, and drama, this may appeal to the audience because it content different genre.