The Red Violin.

• Genre - Thriller, you can tell this from the music and how tense the room is especially when the man smashes the violin.
• Titles are shown in Sans Serif, go well with the blurred background which gradually comes into focus.
• High angle shot first lowering on a crane, gives the feeling of falling.
• credits shown in dark areas and not on the actors.
• Violins are shown when they come into focus gives enigma.
• From the costumes you can tell it is set in the past.
• Text is posh like, like the opening of the workshop and auction house.
• Dark colour pallet, lets us see wood colours vibrantly, coincidence violins are these colours.
• Samuel Jackson enters the room wearing different clothes to everyone else, this shows his importance and gives enigma as to why he is so important.
• Lighting is used well, window light gives a dark working environment.
• Strings overlay with continuous notes.
• Creep pitch, chelos do the same but lower.
• Diegetic sounds are heard, woodwork, tools, fire crackling.
• When the violin is smashed on the table the music stops and that is all that is heard. Makes it more dramatic.
• Then we walks of and the music comes in again, shows how significant the violin smashing is.
• Not much jump cuts are used and the camera is almost always moving.
• The camera moves to show the workplace and the title fades.
• When it cuts to the door, the camera follows in point of view. Makes you feel like you are there.
• When there is the scene in the hall you can tell it is big from the echo heard.

Serpico.

• The film shows a police officer shot, you don't know who he is or why he has been shot.
• It is shown he is important as they all phone each other saying he has been shot.
• A siren at the start gets louder and louder.
• Other officers are talking and there is a tragic song playing which fits in with how sad the scene is.
• The font is Sans Serif, tall font, like gangster New York style.
• Dark colour pallet, height used well to establish places e.g. Office room, very light, police office, dark.
• When his clothes are being cut all you can hear are the clothes being cut as the music stops.
• The costumes are fitted for 1970's.
• Man on the phone higher than the other officers in shot - hierarchy.
• All men on the phone are important.
• Camera follows Serpico, makes you feel like you are there and a doctor.
• White font, dark background.
• Raining connotations of sorrow and remorse.
• Genre - Looks like a thriller/action film.
• Cross of mystery.
• It is an 18 rated film, shows what the film will be like (violence, swearing, blood/gore)  

Girl with the dragon tattoo.

• The narrative for the story seems like a missing girl or kidnapped.
• The man receives a pressed flower (from Hong Kong) and he begins to cry. It could have a meaning or have sentimental value to him.
• You can hear him opening the package, then the music comes in.
• Starts with dark sounds, low, dramatic/tragic.
• When the title appears the music becomes more sinister.
• The flower is significant to what might have happened to the girl.
• Two short shots of the girl, adds enigma, who is she?
• Courtroom pages opened - diegetic sounds.
• There is a sound bridge of the news presenter.
• No sound on the girl, music overlays it.
• Allot of close ups - moving in and out.
• When the picture of the girl comes up the shot changes to the hooded girl. Makes you think she has some significance to who she is or what happened.
• Allot of cutting to different scenes.
• Genre - Thriller/Mystery this is shown from the enigma of who the girl is and from the courtroom scene. Why are they in court and has the girl got something to do with it? 

North by Northwest.

• Directed by Alfred Hitchcock
• Opening background is green - Nature, life, envy. Green can not always be positive.
• Lines are seen on the left, they could be prison bars.
• The whole sequence intrigues you.
• More vertical lines come up from the bottom. These lines are a little uncomfortable and they join to give a 3D effect.
• The music is orchestral, adds dynamic texture.
• You can hear volin screeches, makes it dramatic.
• The music is high pitch, jittery and frantic.
• The credits used are what thriller films what have used in that time.
• The title of the film has arrows, these show directions the title says. North by Northwest.
• When the lines fade out they reveal a building.
• The face of the building is seen, it creates an uncomfortable feeling.
• Retro Scoping was used over the filmed image to get the lines at the start of the film completely right.
• Iconic yellow cabs are seen so you know the film is set in New York.
• Partially seen road from the skyscraper
• The frantic music fits with the busy road.
• All the main characters of the film are shown, main convention of a thriller.
• Goes into long shot and you are shown a crowded street, in the the morning.
• 'All events are fictitious' this text is shown like in Marnie.
• The music matches the rush hour.
• Cut to higher angle shot so we can see the action steps.
• Cut to people coming down the stairs.
• Cut to two women fighting over a cab. Uncomfortable and animalistic.
• Cut to a shot above people heads, this shows superiority on our part. 

Se7en

Music

• Heavy noises, which are distorted.
• Gives the feeling of a horror/thriller because you wouldn't hear these types of sounds on a for example childrens film.
• Faced paced, deep beat.
• Sounds industrial or factory works.
• Robotic sounds which are distorted.
• In the background you can hear a hip hop beat.
• Also gives you the feeling of destruction.

Scenes

• He is cutting of his thumb prints, maybe he is a criminal or up to something bad.
• The book he is looking through are murders/dead bodies.
• The whole opening is filled with heavy shadows. Emphasizes the thriller/horror genre.
• Mystery hands - you never see the mans face.
• Font - Not conventional, constantly shifting and all over the place, the shifting and movement go with the music.
• Nothing stays still which makes it unsettling.
• The hands are grainy and distorted also dark.
• An old fashioned razor is used along with old books, makes you think it is set in the past.
• In the extreme close up when he is taking of his skin, it makes you feel uncomfortable.

Marnie

• For the opening credits it is set as pages being turned and links into the fact it is an adaptation of a novel.
• Already has a fan base, ease of selling at a target audience.
• Start of credits - Production logo, goes straight to the names of the main actors, then co starring which  shows they are less important than the main actors as the names come in after them, then featuring which are even less important, name of the director, director of photography, production designer, assistant director, unit manager, costume design, editor, make up, sound recording, copyright date, music composer.
• Film - Train Station
• Close up of yellow bag, draw attention to it. It has an enigma (who is the person, why do they have a bag, why is it yellow)
• Tracking the bag, follows it and her.
• Showing the location of the shot (train station)
• She is centre of attention, could be walking into a trap.
• The weather is lovely, wearing gloves and jacket although the sun is out (spring, autumn, winter)
• The background shows it is an industry area/city area.   
• Music
• Orchestral music, allot of strings.
• Goes from thriller music to romance.
• Then romance to dramatic very sudden.
• Music drops out to footsteps which you can tell are high heels. 
• Foley artists are used to create these sounds and they come from re recorded sounds edited into the film
• Office scene
• The first words heard are 'Robbed' makes you think the yellow bag has been nicked.
• Looks like an Office, as there is a secretary next to the door, the walls looks a little dirty, there is a safe, they are all dressed in suits, artwork is also on the walls.
• You can tell the two men are detectives as they are dressed in smart suits and taking notes as the man is talking to them.
• They both have smug looks on their faces.
• The man says the women's name twice, which makes you think of the women with the yellow bag. 
• Two shot - Shows the relationship between the two detectives, work closely together.
• Both the secretary and the detectives laugh at how well the man can describe the women, he obviously had a thing for the women or something happened between them both.
• When Sean Connery enters, he gives the feeling he is laid back (coat over shoulder) and a ladies man.
• Visual hierarchy, the man is looking up to Sean (literally)
• Women in the hotel
• Mirror image of the first shot (Yellow bag)
• You can tell its a hotel - Hallway, Bellboy, cleaning trolley.
• Alfred Hitchcock appears coming out of one of the rooms. He appears in all of his films.
• It is the same women shown from the same hair and same yellow bag.
• The women is shown packing new stuff into a suitcase and stuffing old stuff into another suitcase.
• Enigma, still can't see her face.
• Climax of music as soon as you see her face.
• Changed hair colour from brunette to blonde.
• Train Station
• Still only see her legs.
• Follows her through the crowds, adds realism.
• You can hear diegetic sounds, load speaker, platform speaker, people walking.
• Non diegetic sounds to manipulate the audience.
• Mid shot to show enough detail of her face.
• Point of view shot, what's going to happen next - her looking at the grill.
• Makes the audience think like a detective.

Thriller Films.

1. The Cabin In The Woods.

A group of friends go on holiday to a cabin in the woods, where all hell breaks loose. They then have to fight to survive.

2. The Dark Knight Rises.

The Batman comes back to help save Gotham from his new villain 'Bane'. However the city have branded him an enemy and a murderer.

3. The Expendables 2.

Mr.Church reunites the Expendables for what should be an easy paycheck, but when one of their men is murdered on the job, their quest for revenge puts them deep in enemy territory and up against and unexpected threat.

4. Taken.

A retired CIA agent travels across Europe and relies on his old skills to save his estranged daughter, who was kidnapped on a trip to Paris to be solid into prostitution.

5. The Bourne Legacy.

Based on the novel's written by Robert Ludlum's, centered on a new hero whoes stakes have been triggered by the events of the previous three films.

6. xXx.

Xander Cage is an extreme sports athlete recruited by the government on a special mission.

7. The Amazing Spider-Man.

Peter Parker finds a clue that might help him understand why his parents disappeared when he was young.
His path puts him on a collision course with Dr. Curt Connors, his father's former partner.

8. Battleship.

A fleet of ships is forced to do battle with an armada of unknown origins in order to discover and thwart their
destructive goals.

9. Total Recall.

A factory worker, Douglas Quaid, begins to suspect that he is a spy after visiting Rekall - a company that provides its clients with implanted fake memories of a life they would like to have led - goes wrong and he finds himself on the run.

10. The Dark Knight.

When Batman, Gordon and Harvey Dent launch an assault on the mob, they let the clown out of the box, the Joker, bent on turning Gotham on itself and bringing any heroes down to his level.

11. Inception.

In a world where technology exists to enter the human mind through dream invasion, a highly skilled thief is given a final chance at redemption which involves executing his toughest job to date: Inception.


12. The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo.

Journalist Mikael Blomkvist is aided in his search for a woman who has been missing for forty years by Lisbeth Salander, a young computer hacker.

13. The Grey.

After their plane crashes in Alaska, six oil workers are led by a skilled huntsman to survival, but a pack of merciless wolves haunts their every step.

14. Resident Evil. (2002)

A special military unit fights a powerful, out-of-control supercomputer and hundreds of scientists who have mutated into flesh-eating creatures after a laboratory accident.

15. Pulp Fiction.

 The lives of two mob hit men, a boxer, a gangster's wife, and a pair of diner bandits intertwine in four tales of violence and redemption.


16. X-Men: First Class.

 In 1962, the United States government enlists the help of Mutants with superhuman abilities to stop a malicious dictator who is determined to start world war III.

17. Safe House.

 A young CIA agent is tasked with looking after a fugitive in a safe house. But when the safe house is attacked, he finds himself on the run with his charge.

18. Rise Of The Planet Of The Apes.

A substance, designed to help the brain repair itself, gives rise to a super-intelligent chimp who leads an ape uprising.

19. Chronicle.

Whilst attending a party, three high school friends gain superpowers after making an incredible discovery underground. Soon, though, they find their lives spinning out of control and their bond tested as they embrace their darker sides.

20. Black Swan.

A ballet dancer wins the lead in "Swan Lake" and is perfect for the role of the delicate White Swan - Princess Odette - but slowly loses her mind as she becomes more and more like Odile, the Black Swan.

Continuity Exercise.

This is a continuity exercise we did in groups, I acted and helped edit the video. The video shows different shots and camera angles. Continuity is kept throughout the the video and has been good to help practise making films and trying different camera angles and shots. However we did try to keep continuity throughout the film but a foot is seen in the corner of one of the shots, we didn't realise until we starting editing that this was a problem. However the film turned out well and we have learned from our mistakes for the future.