Genre
The two
genres I noticed are thriller and crime. There are connotations of the clip being
a crime as there is a woman strolling through what looks like a bad area, this reflects that
there could be sign of danger. Moreover, there is a scene of someone on a room
where they are getting questioned, this often links to someone that has done
something wrong. I can see connotations of a thriller in the clip when the two
women are in the tunnel as one of the women start hitting the other attempting
to injure or kill her, therefore building up tension for the viewers.
Editing
Throughout
the clip there is a variety of different editing techniques being used. The
first one I noticed was the use of discontinuous editing, which means they are
trying to build something up to create a tense atmosphere. Also there is use of
fast paced editing, this shows something bad is also going to happen. A shot
reverse shot has also been used to express the emotion on the women faces to
show the seriousness and anger they have.
Characters
The
characters within this clip are not very well established. For example It isn't
clear at first as to who woman 1 is or what she has actually done. The audience
only find out this information when she attacks woman 2 in the tunnel therefore
she hasn’t been clearly established. Moreover, it
is also unclear who woman 2 is as there is no explanation to why she got
murdered. However, on the other hand it
is clear who the investigator is and what he is doing by just looking at what
he is wearing, tone of his voice etc. The
woman who walks into the investigation room at the end of the opening is not
clearly portrayed and most people watching would think it is a random woman that
has no relevance in the film.
Camera/camera
angles
At the start
of the clip there is a close up of a woman’s face when she is walking through something
which cannot be clearly made out in which they have purposely done for
effect as it builds tension for the audience. This gives the impression to the
audience that she might be the person who killed them. There is also a close up
of her face which creates tension in the clip. Towards the fight scene in the
clip there is a close up on the woman who is attacking the other woman, this
connotes to the audience who the character is.
Mise
The use of
lighting in the clip has been used correctly as you can see what is happening
and when she is walks through the tunnel you can see where she is due to the
good use of lighting. However I would have expected to see more use of low key
lighting over the killers face to show to the audience that they are doing
something wrong. The location used in the clip is effective and is realistic as
they have used a council estate type of place which is stereotypically not very
nice and it looks quite run down and in need of painting. This is an ideal
location as you tend to see people from those type of areas commit bad crimes
as they have not been brought up very well. Moreover, there is a woman and she is
wearing casual clothes which is a good representative of what you would expect
them to wear, however the murderer is also wearing casual clothing, this is not
good use of mise as you do not see killers dressed like the public, murderers
do not want to get caught therefore they usually wear something that will
disguise their identity, however this is not shown in this clip.
Sound
The sound we
can hear is use of non-diegetic sound which is quite mellow dramatic, this
links with the genre being a crime/thriller. It also creates tension in the within
the audience that one of the women may have done something wrong. The
sound stays at the same pace throughout showing continuity within the clip.
Furthermore, due to the fact the opening could be a crime/thriller also the
opening could have such have used a slow paced piece of sound which slowly
builds in order to make the tension within the audience more exciting.
Moreover, there is a short conversation between the investigator and one of the
women in the clip and there was music which was not good as it meant that the
attention of the audience was not fully focused on what the two people were
saying.
Titles
The titles
within the film opening are not as good as they could have been. For example
they have not included the institutional name at the start. The titles are also
not in the correct order and they are also wrongly positioned. This is shown
when the director's name wasn’t placed correctly, it should always be the last
credit to be shown in any film, however in this film opening it is the first
name. Another piece of evidence to back up my point is that the film title
should be in the middle of the main actors and the smaller actors, however in
this piece all the names are placed before the film title. Moreover, the
titles are also not in an appropriate font which makes the opening seem a bit
amateur compared to the professional look they should have gone for
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