Girl with the dragon tattoo - Tom Peacock

 

Girl with the dragon tattoo

Tom Peacock

 

 

The above screenshot is from the opening scenes of the film, Girl with the dragon tattoo. From this scene we immediately see that the director is trying to put across the illusion of mystery to the viewer. We can tell this by the fact he's used very restrictive shots here, only showing us the hands of this person. He also uses extreme close-up shots to perhaps signify that whatever is in this package is important. Guiding the audiences attention to the package as well, creating the thriller theme.  

 

 

 

Mise en Scene is also used here to create effect. We can see from this shot, that the room uses a lot of dark colours as well as the character dressed in black. These dark colours could of been used in conjunction with what's happening in the scene to have a greater meaning. So for example, the character in this scene is crying uncontrollably and the room around him is covered in dark colours. This could either symbolise death  and the crying would explain this or it could symbolise that as soon as he looks in this package, his life wont be the same and the black colours represent 'The walls closing' around him.

 

 

 

Following from this, the sound used here also suggests the same thing. The director has used slow paced cinematic music, which was played in the 1900's. The dark appearance of everything in this scene may furthermore suggest that this scene may be set in the past, however it has an important part in the later story because of how the camerawork focuses in on the picture he receives in the package.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



Thriller film target audiance

 

Thriller film research

Zodiac

 

 

Dan, Harry, Tom

 

As shown below the age rating on the bottom left are the different categories of ages who are viewing this film. As you can see below the age which viewed this film the most was 15-24 which take up 42% of the total audience who viewed this film.

 

Similarly we can also see that the female:male ratio in terms of people who viewed this was 60:40 in per cent.

 

We can also see that the class rating on the right side in the table categories shows that this film is most popular with people in the C1 class. C1 is the lower middle class, typically roles within supervision or junior management.    

 

 

 

 

 

 From this research we have decided that we will target our film at an audience aged 15-24, Male and of C1 class. We feel this is the best spread and will help us when we make our film.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



No Country For Old Man - Daniel Wright

No Country For Old Man

The opening scene starts off with a "sheriff" as he says narrating about him, talking about the past and the present of his life. From this narration we can gather that the film will revolve around police officers and murder. The opening clips are shots of the landscape, more than likely where he either currently works or lives, using these landscape clips it allows the audience to focus on the narration rather than any action which could of been happening instead.

The officer takes a what seems to be an oxygen tank from the arrested suspects car. This creates an Enigma as the audience and the police officer both do not know what it was or is used for and why. We later find out what it could be used for but we don't know if it is really the intended purpose of the object.

During the scene where the officer is on the phone he is framed in the center of the camera and has a medium close up shot on his face, very slowly tracking in towards his face. This is so we can see what the arrested male is currently doing behind him. This is a form of dramatic irony as we know that the character has managed to bring his handcuffs around to his front and he starts walking towards the officer. We know from that point onward what the intention of the arrested male will be as it turns very dramatically to the officer being strangled by the cuffs in which the arrested male is wearing.

This then conveys to the audience that this is the antagonist of the film and the one we should hate and dislike. This is then further demonstrated as he kills another man with the oxygen tank which was an unexplained object before hand until now.

Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy opening - Research Task by Harry Speer

Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy

 

 

Editing

• When the man goes through the door there is a cut to show him entering the room from inside which makes the scene work well.
• Cut to establishing view of cityscape of Budapest in weak colours conveying dullness of eastern Europe

  

 

Camera work

• Over the shoulder shot to give the view the that the character is getting
• Long shot allows the flat to be seen

  

 

Mise en Scene

• Flat is dark and cluttered to give an insight into the man who lives there and how he lives his life
• Decoration and colouring of the flat helps to establish the time in which the film is set

 

 

Sound

• Opera music paying on the radio establishing the man is at home
• No added music adds to the bareness
• Music then comes in as the narration turns to Budapest

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Kill Bill opening - Research Task by Harry Speer

Kill Bill

 

 

 

 

Editing

• Quick shot to the man's walking feet and back to the woman's face shows he approaching her
• Sequence ends with gunshot and cuts quickly to opening credits for dramatic emphasis

 

 

Camerawork

• Black and white to separate from the main story to show the opening sequence happened in the past
• Majority of opening is close up of the woman's injured face creates a sense of mystery

 

 

Mise en Scene

• Blood on the woman's face shows she is injured
• Veil indicates a wedding
• handkerchief with name on it to establish who the character is and links it to the title of the film

 

 

Sound

• Footsteps off camera, slow and emphasised to create suspense
• No music makes the scene appear bare
• Sound of gun being prepared creates tension

 

 

 

Inception opening - Research Task by Harry Speer

Inception

 

Editing

• Cutting to children playing and back to the character to show he is imagining them
• Cut between bright outside and dark inside creates contrast between scenes 

 

 

Camera work

• Close up on face showing the character is dazed and exhausted
• Slow motion on waves establishing the setting
• Slow motion on children playing to show that the character is imagining or remembering them
• Shots of the back of the character creating mystery

 

 

Mise en Scene

• Oriental-looking house to establish where in the world the story is taking place
• Oriental interior of house showing wealth and status of the owner
• Smartly dressed people in the house shows wealth and contrasts with the main character's wet and scruffy clothes

 

 

Sound

• Sound of waves to reinforce where the character is
• Dramatic music creating
• Sound of children's voices distant to make it seem like he is imagining them being there
• music used to build up tension

 

 

 

 

 

Bourne Ultimatum opening - Research Task by Harry Speer

Research Task by Harry Speer

 

Bourne Ultimatum

 

Editing

• quick cuts makes the pace fast
• action jumps forward which speeds up the story
• flashbacks provide back-story and show Jason Bourne's disturbed state of mind
• continuity editing

 

 

Camerawork

• extreme close ups shows emotions and used to link to flashbacks
• hand-held camera makes viewers feel they are there
• flashbacks distorted to show what the memories are like in his mind
• wide shots show location

 

 

Mise en scene

• shot on location makes it seem more realistic
• snow, vehicles, train, police uniforms reinforce the location in Russia
• grubbiness conveys his situation
• flashbacks settings are clean, clinical and brightly lit contrasting with dark and grimy present

 

 

Sound

• sirens reinforce that he is being chased by police
• music fast paced and adds to excitement, helps creates suspense
• train sounds emphasise his location
• dramatic music during flashbacks
• echo used during flashbacks to make it seem distorted as Jason Bourne cannot remember properly