Wednesday, 2 December 2009

Appendix 2 - Research into examples of comparable products

Se7en

The Opening scenes to the film se7en are very dark, glum and depressing. Throughout the opening scene it is raining which is typical of a thriller, the rain makes it glum and depressing. The location the film is unknown but shows a resemblance to New York, the location being unknown adds a sense of mystery to the story.The main narrative of the structure of this film is the number seven. There are the 7 deadly sins, 7 days until retirement for Somerset, also its mills first 7 days. There is a murderer who is killing people who have commited one of these deadly sins and leaves the crime spotless except for hints the killer has left about the next murder.The main characters in Se7en are Detective Mills (Brad Pitt) and Somerset (Morgan Freeman) are conflicting characters. For example, Somerset is Clever, Old, Wise, Black, Experienced, Lonely, Retiring whereas Mills is Young, White, New to his job, Scruffy, Married and lives in a house next to a train track where it is loud.The title sequence for Se7en is edgy and suspenseful. It shows the turning of a book which could be representative as time passing, also there is flashing images and repetitive and edgy music playing throughout the titles. It shows the unidentified person cutting the skin on the finger tips off so they can remain anoymous. Theres mutilation and the use of ghosting which is one frame on top off another which makes the scene more evil. There is also the use of colours where black and white could be good and evil, and red could be anger and evil.

Strangers on a Train Opening scene.
Two strangers meet on a train, Bruno & Guy. Bruno imposes himself onto guy who is a famous tennis players. Guy is getting Divorced & Bruno hates his father so he suggests that they swap murders. Bruno takes it seriously where Guy trys to get away from bruno. The end of the scene leaves you with a cliffhanger.

State of Play Opening Scene.
Its starts with an establising shot of Washington Dc, Then moves on to a busy street in the poorer part of the city where it shows a man being chased threw shops & alleyways - Why is he being chased? Then the Victim hides inbetween some barrels where he is found by the chaser & shot with a silenced gun - Why is he killed? Maybe the victim has seen something he shudnt have. Also the killers shots a Pizza boy who witnesses the murder & the scene ends on a cliffhanger because the Pizza Boy is still alive.

Red Eye Opening Scene.
Its starts with a shot of a picture fram which shows a woman(possibly the main charater). Then somebody puts there keys & wallet next to the photos & goes into the other. The wallets gets taken. Then its cuts to a dockyard where it shows a crate load of fish being approved to board. Then its goes back to wallet & someone is checking through the wallets for information - Not about the money as he/she throws away credit cards. Then its cuts back to the crate for earlier which gets cracked open & you discover its not full of fish but a box - What is in the box? Must be something important if it is kept hidden. Also its shows someone going through blueprints of a building possibly a hotel. Throughout the scene
there are no faces shown.

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