Se7en

Film:Seven
Year:1995
Director:David Fincher.

- Fast paced intro

-book turning pages

-Shows clips of things being cut up

-creepy effects all the way through

-Strange music, builds up tension and puts you on edge

-Flashing images, cant quite see what they are

-Keeps going back to the book, some kind of importance maybe?

-Crossing out of eyes on the mans face, quite strange?

-Disturbing images throughout, aimed to scare or put views on edge?

Panic Room

Film:Panic Room
Year:2002
Director:David Fincher

Mise - en - scene

-Urban Background (seen as in the start of the film where the subtiles appeared)
- Chacters :
Meg Altman- Wears glasses (Interlectual), Hair tied back (Ritual?), Clothing- dark and black (shows her background was a mystery and maybe a sence of forboarding?)
Sarah Altman- Has a scooter (typical child), short hair, pale skin (shows her illness), doesn't obvey oders from mother (shows a typical teenager), clothing is dark though casual (shows a teenage stereotypy)
- House- large, dark (mystery?), colour pallet of blues (shows hidden secrets, hidden mysteries and coldness)

Camera Shots
-Pan of Surrounding
-Crab Shot
-Close Up
-Long Shot

Openning Sequence- Typical urban background, mother and daughter goes to see a new house whilst trying to find out the history and why the panic room existed.

Sound
-Ambient Sound of traffic, speech, loud voices.
-Lighting- Low Key Lighting (Hint of Film Noir)
-Sound Bridge used
-At the start the music is slow and deep, as the opening sequence progresses the sound becomes louder.

Editing
-Eye Line Match - Sarah looks at Meg
-Alvin hand blockes the door- a cut in shot is used
Plot: Meg and Sarah moves into a new house and have visitors through the night.
Panic Room follows some conventions like having a mainly male dominated cast, a twist a the end of the film etc. Panic Room however doesn't follow the convention of the use of flash backs.
They lock themselves in the panic room and tries any means necessiary.
History: In the past Panic Room was called Safe Room

Film Noir

Film Noir : Types of genre created in 1940. There are two types of Film Noir. Film Noir and New Noir. Film Noir was created in 1938 to 1955. New Noir was created later in 1960. Film Noir was first created by the famous French critic Nino Frank. The genre of film noir was used to differentiate the Hollywood Crime Drama of that particular era. Film Noir normally contains the sexual motivation of a “Femme-Fatal” character. A Femme-Fatal character is a woman usually married but wants to get rid of her husband. A Femme-Fatal Character is normally seen as a character with loose morals and will do anything to get her own way. In terms of sexual movements towards another character. Low Key lighting is a typical in Film Noir as the colour pallet is black and white. However Film Noir is regarded as a genre though it isn’t officially declared. Film Noir: Double Indemnity, Postman Always Rings Twice. New Noir- Recreation John Dahl The Last Seduction, Batman. In French noir means black. However film noir is influenced by the German Expressionism (the cinematic movement of the 1910’s and the 1920’s- related to the developments in the theatre, painting and architecture) The 1940/50’s has been seen as the classic period of American Film Noir. The low key lighting is also used to show the thoughts and feelings of others. Film Noir critics have said that “Film Noir is a genre that can get the audience involved and intrigued the audience automatically”

Film certificates

Our film opening will be aimed at people aged 15 and above. This means that we are constricted to what we are aloud to have in our opening. For example as it is only a 15 we would not be able to use as much gore (if any) as we could if it was an 18. Here are some examples of what can go in what ratings.





R18

These rating movies are only to be shown in specially licensed cinemas, or be sold in licensed sex shops, to no one younger than 18. This category is special because it is specifically for films with explicit sex scenes or scenes with a fetish. These films can only be shown to adults and can not be sold via mail order.




18

These films are suitable only for adults. This means only people of 18 years and older may view these films in a cinema and or rent or buy them.



15

These films are suitable only for adults. This means only people of 15 years and older may view these films in a cinema and or rent or buy them.



12A

12a was brought in not too long ago, it basically is the same as the age rating 12, however, if there is an adult present someone under the age of 12 can watch/rent/buy this film.



12

These films are suitable only for adults. This means only people of 12 years and older may view these films in a cinema and or rent or buy them.



PG

these films are for anyone's viewing, however, some scenes may be unsuitable for very young children. Unacoumpanied child should be able to watch this, if you are over 8 the scenes will not be too disturbing for you.



U

U, which stands for universal, can be watched by anybody, these are generally happy titles such as animation where nothing bad happens, however, there is no telling what could make a child cry. If it is specifically able to be watched by a child by there self, it will be indicated in the customer advice.

here is a link to the website i got this inforomation from http://www.bbfc.co.uk/

Conventions of a thriller

There are many ways that you can identify a thriller. One of the first things you notice when looking at a film opening is the music. If it is a thriller the music will usually have an eery feel to it, it may aslo be slow and slowy build up to give a sence of tension and that something is going to happen. There also may be a climax in the music where it all suddenly kicks in. This is what you come to expect in thriller openings in regards to sound. Another example of what is usually found in thrillers is the use of flashbacks and the use of voice overs. these also help to add an eery feeling to the opening and will make the user aware that it is a thriller. These are typical conventions of a thriller, other exampls of this are the that the title credits role from the bottom to the top. This gives a disoranting feel to the opening scenes and really fits in well with the thriller convention. Also in some thrillers alot of symmitry is used. Yet another convention of thrillers is that you will never actualy see a killing, you may hear it, or may even see the shadow of it, but you will never actually see it in detail, this is yet another convention of a thriller.

The usual Suspects

Film:The Usual Suspects
Director:Bryan Singer
Year:1995

Mise-en-scen
The first thing i noticed at the begging of this title sequence was the use of props, straight away we see the use of a prop as he lights his cigarette, how ever this is then used to start the fire, so the relevance of that prob is made apparent. You also get to know that this title sequence is taking place on a boat. There is also lots of dead people around showing that something has just taken place, suggesting this might be a flash back.

Sound
Straight away we have some sound of the matches catching alight. We then have the sound of the fire being put out and get the look of disappointment on the mans face. The music in the opening sequence has quite an eery feel to it and begging to slowly pick up which builds up tension. We then get the sound of the two gun shots as he gets shot, there is pause in between them suggesting that he weren't sure if he was dead after the first one.

Camera shots/Angles
We firstly start off with a close up of the match's being lit, this suggests that they may be of some importance. There is then a shot of a man putting out the fire, he is higher so could be seen as more important. There is then a shot reverse shot of the conversation but you cannot see the face of one of the men talking. At the end of the sequence the camera fixes on some rope for a few seconds, suggesting some importance.

Editing
At the beginning there a is a cut from him lighting the matches to him lighting his cigarette. When the man gets shot there are quick cuts all around the ship, showing that maybe they are trying to draw attention away from the killing. Then finally there is a cut from the rope to the mans face where an interview is taking place

The shining opening title sequence

Film:The shining

Director:Stanley Kubrick

Year:1980

http://www.artofthetitle.com/2008/04/10/the-shining/

Mise-en-scen

At the begging of the shining opening credits, you see a great lake, this pretty much continues through-out the whole title scenes, the main focus of the camera shots is nature, this varies from mountain ranges, rivers, hilly landscapes, lakes, forests and much more. This gives us the feeling that you are miles away from civilization as it just a lonely road that seems to be heading nowhere. Also for most of the title sequence there is only the one single car showing that there is no one else around.

Camera shots/angles

The title sequence starts with the camera swooping over a lake, this is an effective way to do a title sequence as it gives and eery lonely feeling to it. The director has also made a lot of his shots symmetrical as in most there is a road or a river or something in the middle. Also though-out the camera seems to be following the car, this gives the impression that it is 'stalking' the car, as it is always behind it and never roams too close. Also during the title sequence the focus of the camera shots is always switching between nature and the the car.

editing

For most of the title sequence the only editing that is used is either cut, which us just a simple change of the shot, or a fade, which is where the last scene fades and the new one takes it's place, a cut does not really add anything to the thriller's aspect, but the fade makes it more eery and has a better effect, this works a lot better with a thriller.

Sound

Straight from the beginning of the title sequence, there is some creepy music, it mostly consists of low pitch notes, and slow long notes. This is really effective at building up tension and gives a real feeling of horror. As the title sequence progresses, the low pitch notes turn to really high pitch notes, it almost sounds as if people are screaming. This is really effective at creating tension and it really creeps the viewer out.