Research Task - By Chris Jennings

Dark Knight - Superhero crime thriller
Information on Dark Knight -http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Dark_Knight_(film)
Theme –

• Dark Knight is set in a city where people at the start are attempting to rob a bank (set up). They break into the bank but then they start killing each other (confrontation) then at the end of the scene the bus drives off with the money with only one robber left (resolution).

Camera work –

• There is a high angle zooming in shot of the city at the beginning of the scene which gives of a good effect showing the audience where the film is taking place and soon as one of the skyscrapers glass windows break it gives a suspenseful meaning as to think whats going on.

Mise en scene –

• The setting of the opening scène is in a bank where a robbery is taking place.

• Props used are guns and items that would be in a bank.

Sound-

• Sound used in the opening scene to the dark knight is an action packed use of sound with sound effects used for the guns an outside world of the city.

Mood –

• The mood of the opening of the film is an action packed thriller type of an opening as the robbers are murdering each other till one is left .

Character –


There are no main character the only characters you see are the robbers but you don’t know what they look like as their all wearing clown masks and the people that where in the bank the time of the robbery .


The effect of the opening to the audience is that the shock and interesting questions that drag the viewer like why they are robbing the bank and as well why the robbers are killing each other. Technique is would take from this is a question asking opening which would make the viewer think about what’s going on to drag them into watching the entire film .

knowing - Sci-fi thriller

Information on Knowing - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knowing_(film)
Theme –


• The theme of the opening of the scene is set in the past of the present date (as of the black board).

Mise en scene –

• The setting of the opening is a school in the playground and within the school in a classroom

• Props used are items that would be placed in a classroom (chairs , tables , black board)

Mood –

• The mood of the opening of the film is a mysterious strange opening with the girl looking weird writing a page full of numbers.




Camera work –

• In the opening scene to Knowing there is a close up shot of the girl in the playground as she’s staring up into the sky.

• As well there is a panning shot of the classroom when registration is taking place.
Sound-

• The music used in this scene is a mysterious sound to go with the mysterious scene of the girl while writing the numbers on the paper.

Character the school girl –

• The mysterious strange school girl who is an odd girl who seems to be in her own world when in the class room as seems to be an outsider from the rest of the class. The class are shocked to hear she’s won a class competition and when the class are drawing pictures for the capsule she writes down a mysterious page full of numbers.

The effect of the opening to the audience is that it mysterious and a supernatural type of opening that makes the audience think why and make the audience intrigued into the whole film by watching the opening scene .

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The Simpsons – Cape Fear


Link to watch Simpson episode - http://repka.tv/video/4930

Mood


• The mood of the Simpsons episode is a fast pace, use of threat and of course comedy of story as of the murderous Sideshow Bob trying to Kill Bart Simpson. The best part of the entire episode which uses a thrilling type is the part when he is writing threatening letters in blood in his cell

Mise en scene


• Setting is partly in the jail where this mysterious person is writing the letters, and the Simpsons house where Bart Simpson is opening the thrilling letter.


Sound


• The sound of when Side show Bob writing his threatening letters there is a type of music that gives the effect of suspense and scariness to the scene.

Theme


• The theme of the Simpsons episode is a thrilling murderous type of episode as a person wants to kill Bart Simpson.

Character – Side Show Bob


• Evil murderous character


• Committed to killing Bart Simpson any way possible he’s that obsessed he’s tattooed (Die Bart Die) on his body.


• Writes a number of threatening letters to Bart saying he’s going to kill him.


• Bart’s family are forced to relocate as of his evil scheme of killing Bart.


Camera work


• Camera work used is the opening part is when the camera is only focused on the hands of Sideshow Bob with close ups used to create a thrilling sense towards him making him seem an evil character without seeing his face and without him making any sounds.




Eagle Eye – Sci- fi action Thriller

Information on the film - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eagle_Eye

Theme –


• The theme of the film is an governments central computer that controls two normal citizens to do its dirty work by destroying and killing the president.

Sound-

• Sound used in the opening scene is a suspenseful noise as two children are running up a hill right at the beginning of the scene to show suspense of a group of car driving to an undeveloped town at the bottom of the hill.


• When the government are deciding to bomb the building where the terrorists from the car are gathering as more suspenseful and action sound is used to give the audience a thrill as it’s an unrestricted narration as we know the government bomb the people.


Character –


• There is no main character used in the opening scene as such only the army (government) talking about what to do about the terrorists and which the computer says it’s a high risk.

Camera work –

• Camerawork used in the scene is high angle shots form the point of view from the spy plane gives a good look to at as it shows what the army is seeing.

Mise en scene –

• The setting where this takes place is the Washington D.C and Bagdad in a remote area.

• The prop that is mainly used is a spy plane that spies on the terrorists.

Mood –

• The mood of the opening of the film is a thriller and exiting action film of an army deciding whether to destroy or leave a group of terrorists at a ceremony.

The effect this opening gives to  the audiance is an action and suspenful thrilling intoduction to the film .

The technique I would use in the opening of my own thriller would to  create a suspsenceful opening to lead the audiance in .

Disturbia – Paranoid Thriller
Information on Disturbia - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disturbia_(film)
Theme –

The theme of the opening of Disturbia is a father and son fishing (set up) turns upside down in a horrible surprising car crash (the confrontation) that kills the farther (resolution).

Camera work –

• Camera work used in the opening scene is a extreme close up of the father and son after their first crash this camerawork shows their facial expression of scared and shock but the viewer can’t not see what’s going to happen because its not on the screen so we know less than the character does.

Mise en scene –
The setting used is a remote place with a river and mountains in the background.


• A prop used in the scene is a car which ends up being smashed of the road into a big pile up in the middle of the road.

Mood –
 The mood of the opening of the film is a thrilling suspenseful sad opening to the film with a father and son time turns upside down when they crash their car and the Farther dies.

Sound-

• Sound used in the opening scene is a loving use of music as the farther and son bond while fishing. Then as the scene goes on the music changes into a climax type creating a worrying sound then a silence as the car crashes and the farther dies.

Character –

• We do not no much about the two characters but they do mention that they are farther and son having bonding time while fishing.

The effect it gives to the audience is a horrific unseen thrill when the car crashes and the farther dies as a result. Technique is would take from this is to make a shocking opening to my own thriller opening.

V for Vendetta -Dystopian,science fiction thriller

Information on V for Vendetta - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/V_for_Vendetta_(film)

Theme –



• The theme of the opening scene is set in a medieval time era where the film starts of with a man being chased (action code), then he’s finally caught by the guards, then following that is sentenced to be hanged.

Sound-

• Sound used in the opening of V for Vendetta is action chasing use of music with sound effects of people yelling and crowds yelling when the hanging is taking place.

Mise en scene –


• The setting of the film is in medieval times in an English town/city.

Camera work –
• In the opening scene there is a shot when the hanging is taking place where there is a nice zooming in close up of a girl in the middle of a crowd.

Mood –

• The mood of the opening to the film is a suspenseful mystery thriller opening.

Character –

• There is a main character but we don’t know his name only thing we know is that he’s being chased then is caught and sentenced to be hang in a public viewing which was a shocking event. But as well a voiceover is used when he is being hung and the camera is on a girl in the crowd making us think it’s her thoughts.

The effect of the opening to the audience is that a shocking start as the man is being chased and caught then suddenly sentenced to be hang which is shocking and not understandable as the viewer doesn’t catch what is going on.