Our Film anaylisis

We were given the exercise to take a scene from our favorite thriller film and present it to the class. We had to talk about :

• Editing
• The use of camera /Camera conventions
• Sound Effects
• shot duration
• Mise-en-scene
• Lighting

I selected the phone call scene from the film Taken

We then had to choose just a opening title sequence from a thriller/ horror film and talk about the same aspects as well as considering positions of the titles and actor/director names. I selected the opening of The Strangers

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zWp14gtZ-u0

I particularly liked the documentary style and how it suggested it was introducing real life occurrences. This was enhanced by the plain orange writing on a black screen with a low pitch neutral voice giving facts. The use of dissolves and fades enhanced a psychotic feel of a dreamy memory. The directors used a pan along villages portraying isolation and traveling further from society. I thought this sequence was done very well as a set up of suspension for the viewer