Monday, 13 December 2010

Brick opening



Title of then film:
The title is in a big, bold, white font in the centre of the screen, so it is the audiences main point of focus and it stands out compared to everything else on the page.

Setting/location:
From what we see in the opening sequence the film is set in an urban environment. We see this first through a long/estbablishing shot of our main character standing over the dead body of a girl who we gain an understanding that he was very close to her.

Costumes and props:
All of the characters that we see are all dressed reasonably casually to represent that they live in a suburban area, but this also represents the age of the characters, that they are all quite young. There is a brace;et on the girls arm which we see an extreme close up of when she is dead, but then it cuts to another shot of the bracelets on the girls arm putting a note in someone's locker to help show that it is the same girl.

Interesting camerawork/editing:
I think the close ups of the dead girls different body parts when she is dead, such as, the bracelet on her arm, her hair covering her face and legs was very effective because we gain the understanding straight away that she is dead, but we do not know why or how this has happened.

Title and font style:
The font is in a big, white font contrasting on a black background, like most other thrillers, and is in the centre of the screen so it's the main focus of the audience.

Story:
We see a guy, the main character, staring at the body of a dead girl. We undnerstand that these two used to have something between them as the boy looks really upset looking at her dead body. The viewer wants to find out what has happened to the girl, which means many questions are being asked so it will have intrigued a viewer so they watch the rest of the film to find out what has happened.

Genre:
The genre of the film is clearly thriller because from the very first three shots you see that somebody has been killed but we do not know how of who by, which creates a sense of tension. This works because the audience do not know what has happened so there is also a sense of mystery which works well with the genre of thriller.

How characters are introduced:
The two main characters are first seen with the guy standing by the dead girl but they are introduced with name when they are speaking on the pay phone. This is important because it establishes to the audience who the main characters are and what role they have in this film.

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