10 Thrillers

10 thrillers.

The Purge, 2013 horror/sci-fi/thriller. A family is held hostage for harboring the target of a murderous syndicate during the Purge, a 12-hour period in which any and all crime is legalized. 

Saw. With a dead body lying between them, two men wake up in the secure lair of a serial killer who's been nicknamed "Jigsaw". The men must follow various rules and objectives if they wish to survive and win the deadly game set for them.a horror/thriller made in 2004

District 9.2009, action/sci-fi/thriller. An extraterrestrial race forced to live in slum-like conditions on Earth suddenly finds a kindred spirit in a government agent who is exposed to their biotechnology.

Taken.2008, action/crime/thriller. A retired CIA agent travels across Europe and relies on his old skills to save his estranged daughter, who has been kidnapped while on a trip to Paris.

The Conjuring. 2013, horror/thriller. Paranormal investigators Ed and Lorraine Warren work to help a family terrorized by a dark presence in their farmhouse. 

Zero Dark Thirty, drama/history/thriller. A chronicle of the decade-long hunt for al-Qaeda terrorist leader Osama Bin Laden after the September 2001 attacks, and his death at the hands of the Navy S.E.A.L. Team 6 in May 2011.

Shutter Island, 2010, drama/mystery/thriller, Drama set in 1954, U.S. Marshal Teddy Daniel's is investigating the disappearance of a murderess who escaped from a hospital for the criminally insane and is presumed to be hiding nearby.

The Dark Knight Rises. 2012, action/crime/thriller. Eight years on, a new evil rises from where the Batman and Commissioner Gordon tried to bury it, causing the Batman to resurface and fight to protect Gotham City... the very city which brands him an enemy.

 

Clover Feild. 2008, action/sci-fi/thriller.Revolves around a monster attack in New York as told from the point of view of a small group of people.

Chronicle. 2012, drama/sci-fi/thriller. Whilst attending a party, three high school friends gain superpowers after making an incredible discovery underground. Soon, though, they find their lives spinning out of control and their bond tested as they embrace their darker sides.

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Analyzing se7en

Analyzing 'Se7en'

Opening scene

Effect of the sound used

There is a montage of sound used in the opening of 'Se7en' however the sound is very mixed and gives off an eerie feeling and a creepy atmosphere. It starts off slow with a constant beat and quiet to set the mysterious scene however shortly afterwards the sound begins to grow and becomes loud which is comfortable as it fits with the actions shown. The music doesn't really fit well together but, because of the eeriness,  creates suspense and an uncomfortable feeling as it sort of pierces through you. At the end of the opening the sound all of a sudden stops suddenly like something has happened. We know this is the end of the opening because the silence signifies that it is the end of the opening scene when nothing happens.

The image above is the opening scene to the film 'Se7en'.

Effect of images used

The opening scene to 'Se7en' gives the audience a mysterious feel to the film as the shots shown go well with the eerie sound. It creates a scary atmosphere with the dark shots being constantly shown which sort of gives a subliminal message for the feeling of uncomfortableness. The scenes flash between each other a lot which gives a spooky atmosphere with the constant flicker of images however these images make the viewer unaware of what is exactly going on in the opening scene which creates an enigma. There are various amounts of shots in this opening scenes like various distances of close ups and overlays of shots which adds to the mysteriousness to the scene.

The shot here shows an overlay of the same shot but at different angles.

The shot here shows a close up which gives the viewer an enigma to what this might be about.

I Am Legend Analysis

I Am Legend Notes.

• starts off with production company logos.
• no music, only the sound of a TV news report as the company logos are shown.
• TV news report starts off normal until the picture suddenly cuts to a woman at the news desk interviewing a woman about her cure for cancer- camera uses a sot reverse shot method.
• The next scene cuts to the establishing shot of New York three years later, with empty abandoned streets.
• Next shot is a birds eye view of the road where we can see a single car driving through the empty streets.
• The shot then cuts to the inside of the car and we see a close up of a rifle being picked up, the close up shot pans upwards to reveal a mid shot off Will Smith.
• there is use of shot reverse shot when Will is looking at his dog in the passenger seat of the car.
• a shot of the drivers point of view from behind the steering wheel and windscreen.
• music- very dramatic violins create a constant pase  for the scene and build tension.
• as the deer jump out the music suddenly stops using only diegetic noises.
• the music builds up again as the main character speeds off to chase the deer, the use of big bass drums gives off a feeling of the wild to fit in with the chase or the hunt for prey.
• when the deer seemed to have escaped down the subway the music changes back to the calmer, dramatic violins, but when the deer come back out and the chase picks up once more, the music changes yet again to the bass drum chase music.
• more use of the camera work from inside the car looking out of the windscreen.
• as the deer escape the camera pans up to show cars all abandoned blocking the way forward, as this is shown the music changes to a sudden burst of brass trumpets to give suspense- orchestral music.
• the shot then changes to the main character and his dog walking through the tall grass. the use of deep bass strings in the orchestra makes the scene feel tense and give the sense of danger.
• then, as the shot changes to a  mid shot of the main character about to shoot the deer, the music picks up with flickering flutes to give the unsettling feeling that something is about to happen but as the deer goes behind a wall the music dies down to a quiet version of the tense violins music.
•  as the shot changes to the main character running to where the deer is hiding, the use of a tense orchestra (strings and brass) and the shaky camera movements give us an idea of what the main character is experiencing.
• the music stops dead when the deer is spotted, then starts up again slowly and quietly.
• when the main character gets up to take a shot, the music picks up once more to a scurrying of violins.
• as the character was about to shoot a lion jumps out and takes the deer down, clever use of over shoulder camera movements mirroring the main characters line of sight are used to convey to the audience what he is seeing and feeling at this point.
• close up of watch beeping.
• character looks over his shoulder at the sun setting
• music gets louder as the tension builds.
• 1st bit of dialogue from the main character calling the dog to come to him and leave.
• long shot of the main character and his dog running away as the camera pans up.
• the music stops and the title of the movie is shown with dead silence "I Am Legend".

Extended notes on the opening to the film Marnie

Extended notes on the opening to the film

Marnie.

• Firstly, the film starts off with the production company logos
• As the film begins the beginning titles and company logos are shown through the use of visual effect, in this case the use of turning pages of a book gives the viewer the hint that this story is based on a novel.
• The use of pragmatic music builds suspense with short bursts of orchestral violins.
• This pragmatic music calms when the actual title of the film is shown then picks up and calms again, this is continued for a while to build tension.
• suddenly, all music stops and the film picture begins. From this point onward there is only diegetic sound coming from the actions seen on screen.
• This diegetic sound is begun with the sound of high heels from a woman walking. This sound also gives us the idea that this woman is all on her own seeing as though there are no other noises to be heard from all around.
• In the next shot we can see everything in the scene, giving  us a full view of the mise en scene.
• The use of the hand bag prop tells us that it is a significant object in the scene. This significance is emphasised from the visible bright yellow colour of  the bag, and the tight grasp the woman has over the bag she's carrying.
• We know that the character visible to the audience is a woman from the clothing e.g. the hat, coat and also judging by the sound her high heels.
• The camera movement is also a key element to drawing attention to the woman and the bag e.g. using tracking to follow the woman/bag tightly and then slowly stopping to allow her to get further ahead and to show some of her surroundings for and establishing shot.
• The establishing shot shows us that this character is in a train station in the city. we know that she is in the city because of the gas shutter clearly visible in the background that would be found commonly in large community's, in this case the city. Also this shot has converging lines to aid with drawing the viewers eye to the woman slowly walking away from the camera. furthermore, we could also determine the weather and maybe even the season of which this scene is set, we can do this by looking at her clothing, she is wearing a tweed coat and scarf which are tell-tale signs that the weather is cold, meaning it could be Autumn/Winter time.
• The woman looks to be going somewhere at this point as she stops and puts down a suit case and is waiting at the train station.
• At this point the scene changes to a man behind a desk pointing at an empty safe that has been robbed of the money inside. This then gives the audience an idea of what could be in the woman's yellow bag from the first scene and that she stole it from him.
• There is then a cut scene to the empty safe with an eye line match to the office man behind the desk.
• The next scene show us that the office man is talking to two policemen and his secretary in the background. We can easily see from this scene the significance of each of these characters e.g. the most important person is the older policeman who is centred in the shot and also the one speaking to the office man. The younger policeman is less important than the first policeman as all he is doing is taking notes. And last but not least the secretary in the background is most insignificant to the scene as she has been pushed to one side out of the way.
• As the office man is  talking to the police he tells them the name of the culprit, Marianne Holland, knowing who she is. While doing this he repeats the name of the woman three times. by doing this he is addressing the audience directly making sure they know that its a woman that stole the money and to apply a name to the female character from the first scene (even though we do not see her face). Also his description of the woman who stole the money to the police suggests that him and her had some form of relationship or that he has (had) some form of crush on her.
• During these conversations, there has been use of a shot reverse shot format (which is often used for dialogue).
• Also there's use of a close up shot on the office mans face to show his facial expressions when a taller man enters the room and the eye line match of the office man looking up at him.
• When the office man walks across the room to talk to the taller man the camera pans across the room following his as he goes.
• As the office man talks to the taller man there is clear use of visual hierarchy which makes the taller man look more important and the short office man more insignificant, this is shown by their sizes being big and small and also by the taller mans attitude toward the office man as he doesn't look at him that often and looks around the room checking out what's going on.