Brief notes on beginnings of thriller films that we did in class

Witness, Harrison Ford, 1985
-Paramount pictures
-Witness (slanted)
-Creepy, slow music
-Opens with a landscape, grass swaying
-Music changes, trumpet (instrument) comes in
-People walking across the field
-Horse and carriage (suited for era)
-People walking up, we gradually see their faces
-Music fades as we hear the sound of horses trotting
-People are crying, looking upset
-Dressed very outmoded
-Enigma, mystery making
-People in black (represents funeral0
-Suspense and mystery
-Electronic music, spacey feel
-Introduce Armesh
-Titles over action
-Trend followed by this
-Not dramatic

Departed, 2006
-Boston (some years ago)
-Fighting
-Deep NYC accent talk over
-Man manipulates kid
-Church
-Western music
-Gunshot (no build up)
-Only 3/4 titles (very quick)
-Low key lighting
-Comical, no ethical dilemma
-Encourage small boy into crime
-Sense of brutally shocking the audience

Children of Men, 2006
-Title
-Voiceover (can't see)
-Picture appears from a television
-Futuristic
-In London
-Bomb (at the beginning to jolt the audience)