Directed by Christopher Nolan
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[0:00 - 2:27]
SOUND
Very little digetic sound is used in this opening. Most of the sound is non digetic, music sound track, The non digetic track is orchestral, with a sinister tone and fades out gently at the end of the credits [2:17], creating tension in the audience. The only diegtic, Foley sounds are heard after the music fade. The Foley consists of blood dropping onto the sheets, and the enhanced sound of an unknown person scrubbing to remove it. The enhanced Foley and unseen owner of the hand make the audience ask questions like who is this person? All digetic and non digetic sound is parallel to the images on screen.
CAMERA
Two very distinctive types of shots are used in this opening. One is a the use of an extreme close up of fabric being soaked in blood. This generates a sense of unease amongst the audience as they don't know where the blood is coming from. The shot also changes its depth of field, a common thriller trait. Once its fades to black a new shot appears. This is a extreme long shot, filmed on a crane tracking over the Alaskan landscape, giving the audience a sense of location, and foreboding, as the Alaskan landscape is a desolate and isolated place. This shot too fades, another thriller feature. The only other shots are both extreme close ups of blood droplets and a person scrubbing them away. the extreme close up allows intricate detail and emotions to come through. It also uses a zoom, uncommon in many films.
BELOW- ECU Hand cleaning
MISE EN SCENE
The setting is both bleak and eerie, although rural, which is odd for a thriller. The dark naturalistic lighting works will with the three base colours of white, black and red. We cant tell from what little we see of the person what their physical appal is.
EDITING
Most of the cuts are slow, because of the use of the fade, a very typical thriller trait. One quick straight cut is used to quicken the pace. It also raises the question, what has happened?
By Chloe Hobden
good - overall to move into a more comfortable level 4, embed the opening itself, use more sceengrabs, and cherry pick more on specific aspects you like from a camera, editing, M en s or sound view. well done.
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