Camera Shot/Angle/Movement
close ups of photo frames. Camera then zooms in to the wallet. There Mid shot of men carrying a box, and put it on to the back of the lorry. We then see close- ups of photo and a piece of paper with a map on. Close up of a man’s hands.
Sound
The sound is a non-digetic which has been added in, it is very fast paced. This creates tension with the audience and makes their hearts start to race.
Editing
The editing is quite fast and chages pretty quickly from one shot to another. This adds to the tension as it is fast to follow and you have to be quick. It is very hard to understand what is going on and you have to be very observant.
Mise en Scene
This opening scene is very packed with lots of different things going on, we photos and we someone put a wallet down. We then see someone taking the wallet. By only seeing the hands this creates a lot of tension as we do not know what is happening. We then go on to an outside shot where there are men dealing with frozen seafood, why we are shown this we do not yet know. The lighting is very dark and this creates a mysterious feel. When it goes back on to the men it shows them taking something from inside the box of fish it’s a big box, but we do not know what is inside. People are now hooked of the film as there are a lot of un answered questions.
Characters
We do not see any characters in particular but we can establish who the main character may be , we see photos of a girl who we gather will be a main character and we also the hands of a man who seems to be doing key things in the opening, from this we gather we will be seeing him again.
Locations
We cannot specifically establish a location at the moment as we see quite a few. We first seen inside a house and then it goes to outside. Because of the quick changing location it confuses the audience who do not know what is happening.
Narrative/Plot
There is no one who speaks in this opening all we can hear is the music in the background. And the digetic sounds of cars slamming doors. This creates a mysterious feel like ‘se7en’ as we do not know what the film is about.
Themes
The themes of red eye we would guess are of crime and murder and obsession. We can gather this from when we see the character looking at photos and paper with maps on and when he steel and wallet. It makes the audience think is he looking for someone? Is e following someone, this is backed up by the camera zooming in on the girl in the photo and then seeing her picture again in the wallet.
Visual Style
Because of the editing the visual style is very fast moving and it’s hard for the audience to really establish what is really happening in the opening. Because of the quick changes in the scenes I would say that it makes this opening stand out from other thriller openings.
Genre
Red eye is a thriller film it stands out from other stereotypical thrillers where we see lots of blood and murders. This is about a terrorist instead. It explores a different aspect of a thriller which not many other films do
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