Top 5 thrillers on film4
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I
have done a personal review on the first 2 minutes of these thrillers
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These
are all existing thriller products
5 – Reservoir dogs (1992)
Link: http://www.artofthetitle.com/title/reservoir-dogs/
Review
This movie starts out with people sitting around a table and narrator is talking about a song and then that song starts playing with the titles coming onto the screen. After there are the main people walking down a street in black clothing and smoking cigarettes which could represent that these people are bad characters and the camera shot is an establishing shot which shows all the characters walking with a car in the background next, the titles continue with the main characters names and moving image of them the shot of the characters is moving like them are moving. After all the main characters are shown it shows a shot of them with the back to the audience and one of the characters is wearing blue which could represent that he is a key character in the following movie. This continues for all the characters and then the titles come up with the name of the move while the same music is still playing with is happy and joyful. Then the screen is black and the titles of the rest of the people come up in orange which contrasts with the black screen to make you interested with the names.
4 – The silence of the lambs (1990)
I could not find the original start to film, so have done a review on the part 1 on YouTube here is a link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V5dA92wqmME
Review
At the start the camera shot pans around to the show the bad guy in the film just standing there in blue clothing which could show that he is dangerous and also the fact that he is in a prison. After this pan shot the two characters start some dialogue and the camera shot starts reverse shooting between both characters so you can fully understand what their conversation is about. Then the main character in blue asks the women to see I.D. and the shot changes again and the main character cannot see so he moves closer to the camera which gives us a close up shot and so from this we can see the characters facial expressions. After the main character in blue asks the other character to sit down but this is odd as the other character is FBI and she should be asking the prisoner questions.
3 – The usual suspects (1995)
Link: http://www.artofthetitle.com/title/the-usual-suspects/
Review
Within the first 10 seconds the tension is high as the screen is black and the music is very tense and spooky. Then a title comes up on the screen which is coloured white which again contrasts with the black screen. The next few seconds are more titles going across the screen and then the title of the movie comes onto the screen but also with dark water ripples which take your attention for a while .This repeats itself until the whole screen is rippling with them movement of the water. Until the end of the 2 minute clip the water ripple repeats itself but it gets faster with the music because the music picks up speed and gets quicker and so does the water ripples and then at the end the ripples go and the music gets slower.
2 – Rear window (1954)
Opening found at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ncHqP_CsrY
Review
At the start it shows the film title in orange letters to sand out and also in the background it shows three blinds and they are going up to show you something and the music is pretty cheerful but very high pitched, after all the blinds have gone up it shows you the outside and the streets with people walking about and doing daily activities. After all the titles have done the camera moves forward to show outside in further detail and to zone it on a certain house which could be linked to the film. After this the camera movement changes and pans around the location and shows a cat walking a certain direction and people sitting up in a balcony, the camera continues to pan showing more and the music has changed to a more upbeat but spooky tune. After the camera has paned the whole building location it comes back in the main characters house where he is sitting down sweating, the camera shot is a close up as it wants you to see the sweat on the character forehead. The shot then quickly swaps to a close up of a thermometer showing that it is hot and so leading to the main character sweating. The final camera shot is a man saving and then the radio says “are you a 40 year old man” and then the character responds which is a certain type of sound because the audience and the character can hear it.
1 - The third man (1949)
Link: http://www.artofthetitle.com/title/the-third-man/
Review
At the start of the clip is shows you a certificate to show you that this film is appropriate for viewers to watch. After this it shows a picture of the big Ben in London and then plays the bells from a church to go with the big Ben church whilst the opening titles are going. The clip then transitions into the strings of a guitar and then a guitar plays which are the same as the big Ben church as the guitar is playing more titles of people come onto the screen this happens for the rest of the clip and more titles come onto the screen. The tempo of the guitar gets quicker and so does the speed of the titles coming across the screen.
Sources
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Art of the title
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Film4 top 30 thrillers
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YouTube
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