Thriller Analysis

Thriller Analysis

In my media class we watched 4 thrillers as you can see below. We watched these thrillers so that it will help us obtain ideas when we go and make our thrillers. Here is my analysis of the Student Thrillers that I watched:

Brick:

The opening scene to this film was very exciting. It was very tense and it's use of non diegetic music was deliberate and it helped the film to be very realistic. There are three key shots in the opening are; Where there is a full shot of the man staring at the dead woman, the shot of the woman's blonde hair lying in the sewage water, and the shot  of the woman's hand also lying in the sewage water. 

No Country For Old Men:

The opening for No Country for Old Men was another great opening, I think it was my favourite opening to a Thriller out of all the ones watched. It was very mysterious and caught my attention. It had no non diegetic music at all. The tone of the Narrator's voice is low and calm. It starts with a man being arrested handcuffed and taken to a police station. Good use of positioning is used as we see the Police officer on the phone and the handcuffed man behind him. The film begins to get even more surprising when the arrested man slowly and calmly walks towards the officer that arrested him and strangles him the handcuffs around his wrists.

Zodiac:

The opening scene for was very modern, it starts off with a teenage boy and girl driving to a quite area. Initially I assumed this to be the basic romance scene that teenagers often indulge in however I was quite wrong. The boy seems very calm but the girl seems very nervous and unsettled. Something was wrong, it was evident in the girls face expressions. Then a mysterious car arrives and suddenly the girl's mood changes, she is alert and worried and it makes us, the viewers wonder why. It then leads to death for the teenage boy and girl from the car that was anxiously parked behind them. This was a great start to a thriller and I would definetly continue watching as I would want to know the reason behind the dramatic killing.

 

A History of Violence:

The opening scene to this is very still and surreal.It seems so casual, two ordinary men exit and enter a car. There voices are low and husky which adds to the stillness of the opening scene. They then engage in a dramatic shootout.