Rosies Thiller Films Analysis 1

4.3.2.1

Mise En Sense

. In the beginning of this sequence there is a girl on a bridge with crystals in her hand. This begins like this to make the audience begin to ask questions like every thriller move should. They will be asking, why is she there? Why are the crystals important?

. The girls hair is quite scruffy and she is wearing a big coat. And her make up looks as if she has been crying. By looking at this we can start to picture what kind of character she is. Maybe she is homeless.

 

. Some other girls turn up. One points a gun at her and asks her to give over the crystals. They are all wearing posher more middle class things. This is to maybe shows that they are more higher up than the girl on the bridge.

Camera Work

. In the beginning of the piece there is a big close up, this is so we can see the emotion on the girls face. If this shot was a long shot it wouldn’t have been so effective as you wouldn’t be able to see the emotion and sadness on her face.

 . There is a long shot of the girl standing on the edge of the bridge. I think this shot is used to create tension as you can see how close she is to the edge and you can see that her body language is very tight as if she is scared.

. There is also a medium shot of the other three girls who arrive as they want there crystals. This is a good shot because it doesn’t just show the facial expression and body language of the characters but I also shows a part of what they are wearing.

Sound

. There is diagetic sound in this piece such as her moving the crystals in her hand and the car pulling up. This is sound that is heard by people in the film.

. There is atmospheric music in the background so it really fits in with it. This created tension as the loudness of the sound builds up before she decides to jump of the edge of the bridge.

. There is not much dialogue in the beginning of this film. Only the atmospheric music and the diagetic music. The only dialogue heard in the beginning is when the girls ask for the stones. I think most thrillers use no dialogue in their films because it creates more tension and it gives the audience more time to think and ask themselves questions like what is she doing? And how did she end up with these stone / crystals.

Editing

. The takes seem to be quite long. This is again to create tension, because I think the audience is kind of worried that she is going to jump of the edge of the bridge, so by dragging it out it creates an unsettled atmosphere..

. There are only really straight cuts in the beginning of this film. I think this is to create tension again. Because if there are straight cuts and each take is on a different angle of her then it makes people think, is she really going to jump?

Watch the beginning of this film online on...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fGq5f10bkyw