Thriller films watched in class

28 days later

When we watched 28 days later, the first 10 minutes or so, the opening sequence where the main character wakes up, i liked the fact that there was very little dialogue because it gave a good effect of the main character being completely alone because there was no one else to speak to. Another part that was very good was when the car alarm went off and create false panic, because you weren't expecting something to happen then it just shocks you, but it turns out its nothing scary and its just a car, it gets a rise out of the audience. The film was clever as how to solve the problem of there being no people, they closed off the streets very early in the morning when no one is around. The music was very well done because it used the speed of the music to manipulate the audience.

Get Carter

We Watched the first sequence of Get Carter from the beginning to when he goes in the house and meets the woman. This film also had very little dialogue in the first sequence, this is an idea that we should use when making our video. The film had a very clever way of showing the credits without getting in the way of what was happening on screen, they were on a train and every time a train went through a tunnel, then the credits would be shown. There were also a couple of references to gangster culture in the form of props, for example, there was a news paper article refering to gang wars and Carter was reading the book "Farewell My Lovely" which is a fameous gangster book.

When Carter enters the bar, there is a focus pull to show him looking around. You learn a little about Carters character in the bar scene because the phone conversation shows that he has quite an aggressive personaliy and has a short fuse.

The key trick for how Carter enters the house is clever because it shows Carter getting the key from the outside, whilst the camera is on the inside. The next part is very quiet and has no dialogue, in the scene it is Carter looking around the house he has gotten into and then finding the body in a coffin and covering the bodys face. This silence is good for creating an atmosphere as it creates suspence.