What is a thriller
A thriller is a clip that is filled with suspense and creates mystery and keeps the viewer intregued.
What is the aim of opening titles
It is usually a narrative enigma that doesn't give away to much information about the main storyline.
Lost Highway
Camera: Close up of protagonist smoking a cigarrete at the begining of the scene. This is a good use of camera for a thriller as it shows the typical as it helps shows the mysteriousness of the character as sterotypically sensible people don't usually smoke. The close up allows the viewer to see the emotion of the characters face which include anxiety and worry which implies to us that something is about to go wrong within the scene.
Sound: Within the whole scene there is only one line of dialogue which is coming through the speaker of the apartment. This is used to create a lot of suspense and tention as the viewer is left wondering why its so silent and mysterious.
Editing: There is use of straight cuts within the scene, which are used to show how fast paced the scene is. Also it is used to make the viewer wonder if there is suspsense building up into dramatic which as thrillers typically do keep the viewer on the edge of their seat. There is also use of long takes before it gets more dramatic, which are used to keep as much of the scene as possible uniterupted.
Mise-en-scene: At the beginning of the scene the protagonist is smoking a cigarrete openly around his apartment which may show stress of the character. This helps add to the fact that the scene seems mysterious as we begin to wonder why exactly he is stressed and what he has to be worried about.
Act of Valour
Camera: At the begining of the scene there a continuous close ups. This is used to show that they're important within the scene. It shows a close up of the writing of someone whilst they're writing it. This shows us that it must have some sort of importance within the scene as it continuously shows a close up of it. This makes suspense right from the start of the film and shows us the mysteriousness of the what the character is writing.
Sound: There is diegtic music playing throughout the scene which is linked with the storyline of the film as the thriller is about the army and war and the diegtic music that is playing is the typical type of music associated with the topic. This is used to help show what the film is about straight away.
Editing: There is continuous dissolves from one camera angle to the other. This is used at the start of the scene when the person is writing something down. This is used to quickly show different things effectively as it stills show mystery and makes the viewer wonder what is going on or what the letter is about.
Mise-en-scene: Once the army soliders jump out of the plan it shows that all of them are wearing the typical outfit for them to wear. This is used to give ideas to what is happening as they jump out of a plane. As there is little build up the scene it is very surprising but we know what is happening though the scenery and the costumes of the characters.
Inception
Camera: Once the building starts collapsing and the protagonist is running through the rooms, the camera is following him. This is used as a handheld camera technique as it shows how shakey the room is and keeps us intregued as it is action packed and mysterious.
Sound: There is suspense filled dialgoue between the protagonist and the antagonist during the scene when the bring in the hostage. The dialogue is to discuss a very dramatic and serious topic and the non diegtic music to build tension as it is loud and fast paced with makes us wonder what the outcome of the scene will be.
Editing: There is a shot reverse shot between the two antagonists and the protagonist during the part of the scene where the hostage is in the room. This is used to keep displaying all three different perspectives of the situation and show the reactions of each person to what the person previously said to them as it is a very dramatic scene with a lot of tension and wonder.
Mise-en-scene: All the men in the scene are wearing very smart and formal suits and also the women is wearing a glamorous dress, this shows that they all either like to dress smartly or have a reputation to maintain as they are important or have important within the film.
Mission Impossible 2:
Camera: At the very beginning of the scene the camera zooms into the shot of the protagonist from very far away. This is used to show how high up the character is. Which also shows how dangerous and daring the character is to attempt such a thing. There is suspense as it is very dangerous and we wonder of the charcaters safety.
Sound: We can hear diegtic sounds of the character climbing up the side of the mountain such as the sound of the rocks or him breathing which adds to the suspense of the scene. Also the is non diegtic music that sounds very quiet and relaxing which is confusing as such as dangerous activity could kill the character but he is very calm. This shows we can trust the character and he is comfortable with a dangerous task like the one in the scene.
Editing: There are a lot of long takes within the scene which builds suspense as the scene is broken into seperate clips very often. There is also a shot reverse shot of the protagonoists point of view and a close up of his face. This is used to show his reaction to what he is looking at and how calm he seems is a very dangerous situation.
Mise-en-scene: There are lots of shots of the scenery which reminds us of the dangerous position the character in which keeps adding to the suspense of what could happen to the character if he is not careful. Also he is wearing clothes that are clearly not for relaxing which shows through his appearance that he isn't doing something very relaxing.
