Brick

It is obvious from the opening scene of Brick that it is a thriller film. We know this because there are loads of close up shots and tension building music. It also makes the viewer want to ask questions. The majority of the shots we see leave the us the viewer confused and asking questions already. For instance

- What is the relationship between the boy and girl
- What happened to the girl
- Who done this to the girl
- Why isn't the boy trying to help

We see that brick is a thriller because of the amount of conventions it uses.

Double Idemnity & Kiss Me Deadly

Double Indemnity:

Double Indemnity is similar to Kiss Me Deadly and is an old style Thriller movie. Unlike Memento and Wallander it is black and white rather than colour and uses basic music that creates tension. Throughout the whole opening sequence it's credits, which is unusual because it doesn't give any clues to the story-line and/or the characters involved. Although like a normal Thriller opening sequence it does use close-up camera shot when the shadow of someone is walking towards the camera filming; turning into an extreme close-up. The only clip we get of the movie is an establishing shot of a street and a rail-way station. The only other Thriller opening sequence movie convention this fits is that it's filmed during the night time.
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Kiss Me Deadly:

Kiss Me Deadly is more of a old fashioned Thriller film unlike Memento. It's filmed in all black and white, with more basic camera shot's such as tracking and close up (girls feet running) which is usual for a Thriller opening sequence. Other conventions that fit the opening sequence for a Thriller that appear in Kiss Me Deadly is hyperbolic sound (increased sound on foot-prints), the sequence is filmed at night & tension building music in the first 30 seconds. Which is also conventional of a thriller film.

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Wallander (Firewall, BBC)

Conventions Of Thriller & Opening Sequence:

• Earie Music
• Music Begins Movie
• Close up of two girls introduces them.

Character Feelings:

• Nervous
• Uncomfortable
• Vulnerable
• Rebelious
• Determined

Audience Questions:

• Who are the girls?
• Where is this place?
• Why are they here?
• Whats going to happen?

Girls costume and hair shows she is rebelious - this is obvious from the red streak we see through her hair. Big earings also show this because she looks like a student. Also see this from her facial expressions, she is determined and looks angry shows she could be part of the violence which is also rebelious.

Questtionaire & answers

1. What is your favourite thriller film?
2. When was the last time you watched a thriller film?
3. What do you think is the main convention of a thriller film?
4. Are thriller films your favourite genre of film?
5. What do you like to see in thriller films?

1.

• Sixth sense
• The godfather
• Memento
• The dark knight
• Sixth sense
• Sixth Sense
• The dark Knight
• District 9
• Hotel Rwanda
• Jaws

2.

• Last Month
• Last Month
• Last Week
• Last Month
• Last 2 Months
• Last Few Days
• Last Month
• Last 24 Hours
• Last Few Days
• Last Month

3.

• Confusing storyline
• Gangstar Character
• Confusing Stroyline
• Confusing Storyline
• Confusing storyline
• gangstar character
• jumpy
• scary
• detectives
• police

4.

• No
• No
• Yes
• No
• Yes
• Yes
• Yes
• No
• Yes
• No

5.

• Action from the start
• Storyline that i can predict but not with ease
• lots of action throughout
• police cases
• F/B/I
• flashbacks
• tension
• clues
• action throughout
• flashbacks

Title Sequences

I think that in our title sequences we will need to use credits that would include character names, film title, and maybe some key words that could help the audience understand our film a bit more but not giveaway the storyline. A logo would be very important because with a key part of our film being an image of a tattoo it would only be wise to have an image of a tatoo in the opening sequence.

For instance:

A warner bros film...
Directed By...
Casey McCabe
Nathan Powell
Danielle Richards

Set Task

We were set a task in which we had to put together a sequence of shots, these shots would need to include

• Match On Action
• 180 Degree Rule
• Master Shot
• Eyeline Match
• Shot Reverse Shot

We also had to follow a story board that we put together before we begun filming, which involved walking through a door and having a conversation with someone. The reason why these shots were chose was because these shots can show the use of the 180 degree rule, for instance staying the right side of characters once the characters go through the door and staying the whilst side whilst the conversation changes shots between one character and the other. Eyeline match is also used in the conversation so these shots were also a set task. The main task we had set however was to get a sequence that used continuity editing to good effect.