Friday 18 March 2011

Independent brief notes on the opening sequences of thriller films

All of the following thriller films I chose because I thought that they all had spectacular opening sequences as they build tension:

Dexter 
-Words put together well
-Title out of blood
-Blood drops to cause suspense
-Music- cycrenis sound goes with footage
-Food made into something creepy and disgusting
-Fists scrunch together
-CU of face
-Very sinister out of normal everyday life
-Tieing shoe laces lead to strangling
-Sinister, frightening and thrilling appeal
-Boring everyday life items being made into suspense
-Cliche titles
-Very jolly and light music
-Synchronism music

Cape Fear
-Water
-Scary music, suspenseful, synchronism
-Slanted scary writing
-Dark water
-Reflections on water
-Black shadow
-Blood pool
-ECU of x-ray eyes turning into a girl talking (gradually zooming out)
-Similar to vertigo

Hostage
-Actors names written on buildings
-Music building tension
-Slow violin
-Little bit of voice is used
-Bulbed wire
-Already have the clue that it is set in the city
-House in blood
-Title in blood
-All of font written on town/city objects
-Zoom in on phone
-Jumps into footage

Burn After Reading
-Kind of thriller with comedy
-Blurred circles, orange and blue to open
-Planet earth moving round and zooming into a country
-Jungle music
-Telephone ringing over music
-Low camera angle
-Filming feet
-Someone walking into an office
-Zooming into a building from earth
-In a corridor, could be anywhere (simplistic)
-Music goes off
-Suits/ties/office/strobe lighting/pen/paper, gives an office feel
-dialogue commences

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