Thriller
- 1. • After looking at all the different types of genres and exploring them in detail we then as a group had to decided on a chosen genre. We decide to chose thriller as we all enjoy watching thriller films. We thought this would be a better chose picking this genre type as we all have an understanding of them and thought this would help us produce an effective two minute film opening. • Although we pick the genre thriller we then had to decide again what type of sub – genre to do, as there are many types of thriller. But before this we are going to research to basic conventions that you would find in all thriller films.
- 2. The Conventions of the Genre thriller.
- 3. Black swan analysis • The film begins with the fox pictures/Cross Creek pictures opening credits sequence. The screen then goes black and low classical, eerie music begins to play. This sound at the moment is non Diegetic as it doesn't fit with the scene we see. We then see an appearance of white bold writing saying ‘ Black Swan’ which appears on a black background, that introduces the title of the film. After several seconds of darkness we then see a spotlight which is directed onto what seems like a ballet dancer who’s dressed in white clothing. The spotlight aluminates the ballet dancers white clothing, which contrasts with the black background this could indicate that the film is about good verses evil and she is a pure character in a dark world. The classical music that we heard throughout the opening credits has sound bridge over into another scene but now it becomes a diegetic sound as classical music is something we expect to hear when watching a ballet dancer perform. After we see the long shot or the ballet dancer, the camera then cross cuts to a close up of the ballet dancers feet while she dancers in rhythm to the classical music we can hear. The camera then zooms out so we can see more of the ballet dancers legs, the ballet dancer then gracefully sits down onto the floor were we see her face for the first time. The camera then cuts to a long shot of the ballets back where we see a second male character join the shot. We then see a over the shoulder shot where the man is being track whilst he’s walking towards the ballet dancer. The slow classical music suddenly become tense when the male character joins the scene, this could suggest that he’s bad news, this is also show as he’s stalking toward the ballet dancer who's back is turn away from him, in the shadows while she's in the light. This shows a modern representation of a male as he is shown as being the more dominate one, while the woman is being shown as being venerable which is a tradition representation of a woman. Once the male character is close to the ballet dancer she stands up and we see a close up of the ballet dancers face where she look vulnerable , she then takes an intake of breathe which is synchronised with the diegetic classical music. The couple then begin to dance in a cat and mouse way where the man dancer stalks around her, this suggest that she is weak which is a tradition representation of a woman. The classical music then speeds up and become more dramatic, whilst this is going on we see the male character developed what looks like devil ear on top of his head, this could suggest that he’s a vile approaching a innocent woman. The music and the dancers speed up and they are both synchronised together. After a few second of the male dancer dominating the female dancer he then leaves and she is left to dance alone, this suggest that she is now the dominate one. The next scene we see is the main character awaking in her bed with a smile on her face, this suggests that what we just saw was a dream, she then raises from her bed and stretches her bones, during this there is synchronised diegetic sounds of her bone clicking. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iyuTmdCyIrQ