Thriller research
Here are some links to a few clips of generic texts that are research for our opening sequence.
LA Confiential: We wanted to capture the style of this piece and have used ideas for costumes and characters for our opening. We've also set our piece in a similar time period in America http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2XfRdagD7Tw
Pulp Fiction: We want our opening to be in the style of Quentin Tarantino and re-create the way he uses quirky ideas and images to throw the audience and create enigma.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jAULRFV5-AM
Planet Terror: The colours and the dancing from the opening sequnce. Tarantino connotes his time period by props and costumes and we are never sure of the time period. It is a more contemporary film noir.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QgPnvAZoTx4
Sin City: For the style, the characters and the setting.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G5BwnPJ0sos
The Godfather: Operatic Grandeur. Respect, gangsters. Murder (head in suitcase, with blood dripping out), smoky rooms, cigars, societies.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cNMDi0JByK0
Chinatown (1974): Crime, Mystery, time period, colours, characters, enigma and human relationships. Darkest of film noirs.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2yJJWXhXbuI
Fargo (1996)
In the opening sequence of Fargo, there is use of long takes, wide shots and a dramatic metaphorical mise-en-scene.Fargo opening shots create a sense of isolation. This is a psychological concept that disturbs and makes the mind feel uneasy. It also creates a sense of great hardship, due to the weather conditions. Lots of things shoot into the mind subconsciously, such as being buried in the snow, freezing to death or getting lost. In American movies, landscape is very important, as it shows us the vast open expanses of land.There is a juxtaposition with the colour as we have gone from black to a complete white -out.Thrillers often use this to add to the suspense. The sleet adds to the enigma You can't see anything so questions are posed in the mind of the audience, who's in the car? What type of car is it? Where is the person in the car going?The long take creates tension and anticipation. The slow driving and the choice of music, gives the car real importance, as if it was on a procession.Link to opening sequence.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GEYPIO8DlY4
Cape Fear (1991)Strong and simple imagery is used in this opening, for example the use of water (lake) shot with chiaroscuro lighting. The psychological fears such as drowning are raised and dark, deep water creates a lot of primal fears. Instead of cutting to a scene or a character, dissolves are used which makes people and objects very ominous. This creates enigma as we cannot see them properly. The eye that dissolves in and out creates voyeurism.Link to opening sequence
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KwhVBVcQfpE
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