Thriller

• After looking at all the different types of genres and exploring them in detail we then as a group had to decide on a chosen genre. We decided to choose a thriller as we all enjoy watching thriller films. We thought this would be a better choice 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 picked 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 two basic conventions that you would find in all thriller films.

The Conventions of the Genre thriller.

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 illuminates 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 of the ballet dancer, the camera then cross cuts to a close up of the ballet dancer’s feet while she dances in rhythm to the classical music we can hear. The camera then zooms out so we can see more of the ballet dancer’s legs. The ballet dancer then gracefully sits down onto the floor were we can see her face for the first time. The camera then cuts to a long shot of the ballet dancer’s back where we can see a second male character join the shot. We then see an over the shoulder shot where the man is being tracked 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 is bad news. This also shows as he’s walking toward the ballet dancer who's back is turned away from him in the shadows whilst she's in the light. This shows a modern representation of a male as he is shown as being the more dominant one, while the woman is being shown as being vulnerable which is a traditional representation of a woman. Once the male character is closer to the ballet dancer she stands up and we see a close up of the ballet dancer’s face and she looks vulnerable. She then takes an intake of breath 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 traditional representation of a woman. The classical music then speeds up and becomes more dramatic. Whilst this is going on we see the male character develop what looks like devil ears on top of his head. This could suggest that he’s vile approaching an innocent woman. The music and the dancers speed up and they are both synchronised together. After a few seconds of the male dancer dominating the female dancer he then leaves and she is left to dance alone. This suggests that she is now the dominant one. The next scene we see is the main character waking in her bed with a smile on her face. This suggests that what we just saw was a dream. She then rises from her bed and stretches her bones, during this there is synchronised diegetic sounds of her bone clicking.

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