My last extract that I will be analysing is the opening ten minutes from Panic Room. This is a thriller but somewhat lighter and less eerie than the previous two.
The film does not go straight into the action; it has at least a minute of credits which was a lot longer than the other two. These credits were presented on a screen that had the background of New York where the movie is set and also has the same writing throughout the whole of the credits. The names were cleverly perched on the tops of building to make it look as if they were actually there. The people that are included in the beginning of this film seem to be typical New York inhabitants. Extremely posh and well dressed, and the neighbourhood that they were in seemed to go exactly with their characters. The house that they later arrived at was also extremely large and even though empty gave an air of elegance. The house is also extremely echoey.
The extract starts off with an establishing shot that sets the scene and shows you that it’s set in America, and it also has the credits rolling whilst this shot is happening. The establishing shot is longer than a normal shot is, and any shot that I have seen in the two previous extracts. There is an establishing shot following two women, showing where they are going and what they are dong before reaching a rather large house. When they reach the house there is a low angled shot directed up at a man that has previously told the two women off for their time keeping. This shows that he has the power over the situation, and that he is the important part of this scene. There is then a zoom shot of the people walking into the house, which shows that this is an important part of the movie and that it should be remembered. The scene changes in this extract are mainly sharp cuts to the next scene leaving you wondering what will happen next.
The sounds in this extract are no where near as spooky or eerie as that of the previous two. The first piece of music was a frantic sounding strings piece that played throughout the credits. One of the women was also speaking before the credits had actually finished which makes you wonder who she is, and why she is speaking before appearing on the screen. The sound in this piece is mainly diagetic, but has some music in the background. There is a lot of banging and clanking from the elevator when they get inside the house which shows it is quite an old house which is generally one of the locations for thriller movies.
The lighting is mostly medium darkness inside and bright outside, as it is set in the daytime. The panic room itself though is extremely light and has a bar style light. The kind of light that flickers whenever you turn it on and gives the sense of danger, as flickering lights generally symbolize times when something bad will happen in thriller and horror movies. This film is a lot lighter than most thriller movies that I have seen as they tend to be a lot darker and eerier, mostly set at night. Whereas this is set in the daytime in broad daylight.
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