Rosies Thiller Films Analysis 3

44 inch chest

Mise En Sense

. His house in the beginning looks destroyed. There is broken glass everywhere, as the door is open and the man is laying on the floor, this could suggest a burglary of some sort. The door is open, so it looks as if the burglar has escaped out of the back door.

. With all the broken things, if you look at it and imagine it not all over the place the whole place would actually look quite expensive, which means maybe it was a burglary. But then again, the television was smashed and if it was a burglary they wouldn’t smash a nice television like that, they would take it wouldn’t they?

. The man laying on the floor has messy hair and sweaty face. This could maybe suggest that he is unclean, or maybe with the title 44 inch chest, he couldn’t run very far and maybe he tried to chase the burglar and ran out of breath and fell over.

. Although he looks scruffy in the face this contradicts with what he is wearing as he looks very well dressed. So this begins to make the audience ask questions. Who is he? Why is he lying on the floor with his house all smashed up? What has happened to him? And all these questions that are being asked are very important in the opening in thrillers as it gets people wondering and thinking more in-depth about the opening scene.

. In the second scene, it is a shot of a man and an elderly lady on a sofa. The man is wearing an apron which does not look very masculine. As the living room looks pretty dated it looks as if it is the elderly ladies house and the man Is looking after her. But the thing the audience start to think is, how does these two characters have in relation with the man we saw in the first scene. And also the house we see in the second scene is the complete opposite of what we see in the first scene.

Glass on the floor in the first scene

Smashed up computer

Man on the floor in the smashed house

Camera Work

. in the beginning there is a focus pull. This raises questions, because as you see the glass blurred you cant really tell what it is. So the audience is thinking, is it diamonds? Or glass? Then as it comes into focus you can tell that it is glass. These are extreme close ups that raise questions.

 

. The Close ups in this first section of the thriller film emphasises the ides of personal space. For example if you had someone right up really close in your face you would feel uncomfortable. So by having these close ups it can make the audience feel uncomfortable.  

Sound

 . There is very contrapuntal sound in the opening sequence of the film. This is because the man is lying in a destroyed house that looks like it has been burgled with a love song playing over the top.

. in the second scene there is diagetic sound from the television. This is an example of realism because even though you cant see the tele you can still hear it and realise that it is a television.

Editing

. There are straight cuts, this gives the opening scene a quicker pace.

. Normally used in thrillers are short takes to build up the tension. But in this sequence theyhave used longer takes to create tension. By using longer takes it makes the audience really look and see what is happening.

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