Thriller Analysis.
Jaws introduction.

Narrative structure
The introduction to 'Jaws' shows a linear narrative; everything follows in order from the teenagers gallivanting on the beach, not seeing the monster. The two girls run off alone to go swimming and one is killer by jaws (the villain).

Thriller codes and conventions.
Through out the introduction the audience is given partial vision; only seeing part of the killer and are not shown the whole picture. It is also set with an element of the exotic a beach is seen as a safe place yet this is where our murder is taking place? It surprises the audience. We are also presented with the Question and answer convention; the director always keeps us gripping our seats; What is the killer? Why can't the girls see it? Will it be found? This effect makes us want to see the rest of the film to answer our Questions from the introduction and is very important to this film.

Camera Work.
The camera work is mainly used to portray the Shark in this piece with tracking shots to show his movement behind seaweed to show his mystery as well as high angle shots. This shows the suppressed danger, the teens are unaware that they are being watched and are very venerable as they swim around in the sea. We are shown a close up of the girls face to see her calm and unaware attitude towards the water. A low angle is also shown of her as she is looking up makes her look powerful and the close up of the red sun suggests danger is close. There is also a tracking shot to show the teens slowly moving. Also a Long shot is used in the introduction which successfully shows the space in the water, how isolated they are as he jumps in, it scares the audience as with the effects of partial vision and Question and answer model, we are causcious of what kind of danger he may be under. An extreme long shot is used shortly after this. Another important camera work used is the static-still shot which uneasy panic as though we are missing something.

Mise-en-scene.
Firstly, the scene is set on a beach, instantly creating a feel-good zone for the opening, known to be a happy and safe place for all yet not in this case and it makes the audience question. Also the presence of alcohol shows danger with the teens care free and casual attitudes, it gives the audience the ideology that something bad is going to happen. The dark setting makes it harder to see the events of the introduction and makes us look closer as it is easy to miss something.

Sound.
The ambient sound give the opening a natural theme tune, a older song that, at that time, would have been perceived as scary yet iconic so our generation. The music towards the first death gives a false sense of security and the digetic music of the boye as it rings in the distance gives an un easy feel.

Editing.
A long take is used to show the teenagers as they run across the beach and is classed as editing as it involves no cross cutting. A reverse-shot-reverse is used on a one the couples within the teenagers, it shows the sexual tension between them in the scene and the fast cuts between them show her urgency.

Graphics.
The graphics in this introduction is seen very obviously old with its letter and lack of graphics. The white capitals are shown centred in bold with the title first. This is less common in more modern films as usually the main actors or in this case Steven Spielberg, the director, would be shown first because of how well known he is in the film productions.


Seven Introductions.

Narrative structure.
The introduction to 'Seven' has a linear sequence. Although the camera shots are very intense and cross cutting, it shows his movements chronologically as he works through his books writing to measuring string and sowing it. It happens in order.
Thriller codes and Conventions. /
It instantly gives the audience a Question and Answer module; who is this man? Why is his actions so precise? IS this reflecting his personality? What is his work reflecting ? Concealment and protraction is also shown as we are kept from seeing the killer and only get to see so much of his habits. Another key convention present in the opening is partial vision as we are only shown so much to understand who the killer is.

Camera Work.
The majority of the camera works used in the introduction are intense close up mainly focusing on the man and his alleged work. The affect of this keeps the audience on the screen as the fast cut shots give the ideology that we will miss something as it is hard to follow. For example there is an extreme close up on the book which represents his work yet we are quickly shown to a point-of-view shot of the killer show his outlook. This gives the audience an un easy film as were are not yet aware of any aspects of the killer yet. We are shown more extreme close up shots in the intro of the book as it is being opened and links to the uneasy feel with the question and answer module as we still do not know our villain. A panning shot it cleverly used towards the end of the introduction which shows a cabinet; this represents our characters personality most Cleary as it show his organisation skills which leads us to believe that his actions are planned and precise. Through out these camera shots it jump cuts thought the images and works well with the music to give a jumpy and uneasy feel as we having to watch closely to follow what is happening.

Mise-en-Scene.
The low-lighting gives the atmosphere in the story line a very a very grim outlook and with the added red 'blood' colour, it suggests danger portrays death in the film. Also another key aspect is the movement of the person in the opening; it is very precise and in order it seems which gives the ideology of a carefully thought through plan. His bizzaire behaviours are also alarming to the audience; cutting his finger tips with a razor-blade is made to make us feel uncomfortable about this man.

Sound.
The music is a very eary and scratchy to begin with. It has an element of the supernatural with its distorted and relevantly high pitch tones. Its pitch also gives the close affect of sounding almost human; the scream of a human and as the beat begins to quicker it resembles a heart beat until the final bracket where we are given speech; 'you've got me closer to god' . This has importance as they are the only words spoken through-out the introduction and gives evidence of the possibility that this will be related to religion in the crime-thriller.




American Psycho.

Narrative structure.
The introduction shows a linear narrative first show us in his work, which follows on to his social life and finally in the home. It directly shows us the different sides of his personality suggesting that this will be important to us later in the film.

Thriller Codes and Conventions.
The question and answer module is shown in the introduction- who is this man? Who is he with? Why does he want to kill the barmaid? Why is he telling us his daily routine? What is the importance of this? 'Transformed city' is also used as we are shown his flat which looks more like a show house, everything neat and in order, there is no personality about it which makes it seem out of place and exotic.

Camera work.
Firstly, we are given a point of view show. However, we do no know from whom it is from which intrigues the audience. Also two panning shots are used closely together to show us the environment of our key character. A close up of a menu is enough to show his high standards and lets us know more about his personality aswel as the close up of the bank cards carelessly thrown into the pot give the ideology of wealth and power as they careless to the amount they are spending. It also shows the importance of this in his life as reflects on his personality. A shot-reverse-shot is used also in the restaurant to follow a conversation through the table which picks up on the high grammar and conversation which is spread across the table. As we move onto the shots of the night club the hand held shot is used which puts the audience in our characters position in the tight packed surrounding as he pushes his way through to the bar aswel as a tracking shot which shows how small the room is. An over the shoulder shot is used to show the barmaid as she serves our main character. In the final scene of the introduction we are show a zoom of his distorted reflection in a picture which shows that possibly he has a hidden personality. Through out this scene we are shown zoom shots of his body as we see his physique and an over the shoulder shot in the bathroom mirror shows his daily routine until we are led to a final zoom which shows him peeling off his mask.

Mise-En-Scene.
In this film, everything is very clinical; with a clear white background it seems very plain and unreal. With the colour red appearing it is seen to be blood dripping. This is soon to be food. This is quite alarming as confuses the reader to what is going to happen. The dress code of the people show wealth and power as they are all neatly dressed with credit cards being thrown carelessly project their personalities and how our main character fits into this. From the second scene the room is very dark and crowded and with the handheld camera work it makes the audience feel in place of the man and how he has to struggle to get past everyone. His house is very minimalist and perfect, almost like a show house. This reflects him in a different life and shows us deeper into his personality.

Sound.
The classical music to begin with give a calm chill as it is an easy feel music of the orchestra. The non-dig etic music in the restaurant reflects on the mood of the people as they do not actually hear it. Towards the end of the introduction the same music starts to become uncomfortable even though we are now entering what, to him, is his safe place to become himself. It starts to sound eary as we are led closer into his personal life and the once calm music becomes creeper as we realise this is not a normal man. His voice is also very calm and in the final scene it shows his daily routine habits which links to the question and answer module- Why is he telling us this? Why does he do it?

Editing.
Axes of action is used in the editing; this places the audience in place of the restaurant and shows an insight into his social life and the typical conversations they have aswel as the shot-reverse-shot which also does the same.

Graphics.
The graphics is this is very classic and which fits in well with the story line and our main character. It is kept to black fine writing as a contrast to the white background which makes it very formal and with the capitals it shows its importance.

Silence of the Lambs.


Narrative structure.
The narrative structure to this opening is linear. Everything is shown in order from the woman running through the words to her being confronted by the FBI and sent to see a member of her department.

Thriller Codes and Conventions
From the begging of the thriller we are given a Question and Answer convention; we want to know why this girl is running and what from? Who the man is that confronts her? Who wants to se her? What for? An element of the exotic is used in the film as firstly we find our character in the dark forest which is set different from the usual urban environment. This is also portrayed also in the lift as we her stood with several men. It shows her difference in height as all the men are taller and all in different uniforms that her casual tracksuit. It makes her look less important and intimidated by her colleges. There is also a heroic romance in the film as we have determined from this character that she is going to be the hero as she is a figure of authority and is a female which is less common in thrillers yet with her intelligence we know that she is going to solve the crime. Concealment is used; from the tracking shot used it shows her form the front so we cannot see where she is going and we see what she sees, the pictures and from her point of view and don’t see anything until she does.

Camera work.
A long shot is used early in the introduction which makes it unclear what she is doing as she comes up from the side of the forest. A tracking shot is also shown of her movement as she runs through the woods; this is effective as it gives an air of mystery and links to the Question and Answer module because we don’t know what is going to happen. A close up is taken to show her facial expression as we work out whether she is panicked or out of breath. There is an establishment shot of her work place which establishes were she is going. A medium shot is also used in the elevator to show the strong contrast with the men compared to her petite size. Lastly I noted the close up on the door which gives us recollection of were she is going.

Mise-en-Scene.
At first, the woman appears to be in danger as of the atmosphere and setting of the film aswel when we first see her she is sweating which suggests she has been running. Also her uniform shows her to be comfortable with her other colleges dressed the same compared to her lack of conversation or eye-contact with the men in the lift.

Sound.
We pick up on the sounds of rustling leaves to begin with which is very disturbing especially when we are unaware of what is going to happen. The music when she begins to run is also quite effect as the music builds up tension as we follow her. All this gives the audience a false sense of security as we think something bad is going to happen and this music changes once in the company of FBI man.

Editing.
Match on actions following the woman through her movement through the woods and through following orders through the buildings shows the reader that this is one of our main characters and she is important to the film.

Graphics.
The graphics are very dominating with big black and bold writing. ‘Jodie Foster’ is shown clearly stating a clearly well known actress which is also good for the film because it is more likely to be a good film. The graphics are quite basic however without much movement and overlapping the film opening I feel takes away the suspense as it does not give enough time to introduce the film.