Sound
At the start of the film everything is very silent and only
ambient sound is used, for things such as his
footsteps when he’s walks across the room and the sound of his keys
rattling when he pick them up. This is a good technique to have in a thriller
because it draws the audience’s attention to the main character (Morgan Freeman’s) actions. This technique also leaves the audience coming up with
ideas of what the man is doing. ( he’s alone and boring)
Next there is a non-diegetic sound of a news report (on the
television) when the man is walking through the room. This use of sound
concludes the audience question about what is the man doing/ getting ready for.
This is a very commonly used technique in the title sequence of the films, also
because the news report gets cut off when the man goes into a different scene
this gives off a thriller vibe because it leaves the audience unknown.
The non-diegetic sounds e.g the background music and the sifi noises such as someone tuning a really old radio?
When the scene changes the background sound canotes that it’s a rough area (where he is) because there are industrial sounds such as building noises and police sirens this implies that crime is high. High crime rates are linked stereotypically to urban and rough areas.
Builds tension and gives off the thriller vibe canoting that the man has something to do with mystery.
Camera – At the start of this extract there is an establishing wide shot of a person in his kitchen and all the stuff in and you can see that the dishes are wash and everything is tidy which may show that he likes to keep everything in order and clean and also presentable then as he is walking past the camera, there is a chess board which comes n to shot, with may show his intelligence level maybe showing whoever this person is, is clever.
There is a low angle shot to introduce his character (detective) showing the badge and the gun and all the other tools of his trade, they do this to show you an introduce who he is, without actually showing him investigating stuff, which is very typical of the thriller genre, also they show him picking them up one by from from a point of view shot to add more effect and this is also to show how he organises everything in a line, to show he is a very well organised person.
There is also a low shot of his bed and him picking dust or something off of his suit jacket, which shows he is a very well groomed man who looks after himself and shows he is self conscious of his appearance and maybe that he wants all the other detectives to respect him, if he presents him self that way.
Then it goes to a crane shot to show the importance of situation at hand of an victim to murder and a pool of blood, underneath her showing that she has been murdered and this is the line of work that the detective works in, even though he is a well groomed man. He works around death and blood a lot.
A low angle of them when him and a younger detective are walking down the street, to show they are important and to make them look bigger then everyone, else as they are the enforces of law and have power and authority.
Later on when he goes home he touches the metronome hand and it then zooms in to the metronome to build up tension and emphasises his loneliness as when you’re a detective you either live alone to keep the people you love out of danger, or because of the job he can’t connect with people and love anyone as it may be a very traumatic and mentally harming job.
Editing - They have edited it so it is red in the title sequence which connotes blood, which may say that in this film there may be a lot of killing and blood throughout this film, which you get a snippet of when watching the first murder crime scene.
There is low saturation to make the house look gloomy and dark, which may connote death, as they are at a murder scene and one light source may also enforce this, also makes the scene seem more dangerous and this amplifies by it being dark.
The numbers which come up on the title sequence indicate that it may be a psychological thriller and the shaky transitions and drawn numbers on a page and all the images may say that this a point of view of the killer as it has pictures of murders and loads of things, also the font they use also reinforces my idea of this being from the killers view as the font they have used, adds an effect of how a crazy person would write maybe making you believe that this person may be crazy, and plans out the murders methodically, doesn't just go out and kill people, shown here by him crossing his face out, which may make him hard to beat, from the detectives point of view.
The non-continuity system is used to reinforce that it’s a psychological thriller, cause it is like my other point about the title sequence, this makes you feel like they may be unstable, whoever the person is.
Mise-en-scene:
Throughout the beginning of the mise-en-scene their are a lot of dull colours around Detective. Williams room which indicates that he is a boring person who has nothing fun to do in his life as there is no colour and it also shows that he likes to get jobs done, without any messing around. There is also a set daily routine which the detective has, which shows that he has an order of the way he likes to do things.
When in the room where the crime has happened, I notice the blood on the floor and blind which connotes danger and this makes the audience feel nervous and on the edge of their seat wanting to know what had happened.
Outside of the building and along the street there is metal poles in front of the windows to shows that its a rough area where crime rates are high and I believe that it shows that people are imprisoned in their own shop/house, too scared to go out due to all of the murders and crimes. It also shows the rain which connotes that its not a very nice place to live due to the crimes.
Later on at night it shows the detectives room, which is dark, which connotes that from his past experience from the job, its not a brilliant place to work but he is still committed to it, as his room looks dirty which I think shows that he only cares about how well he preforms on the job and as soon as he gets home, nothing else matters.
As he has no pictures in his room, it makes him look like a very lonely person as he has no pictures of family or friends, which also leads onto him laying in bed by himself.
David Mills has his arms crossed which shows the proxemics of how closely stood they are together, it shoes what he's trying to keep himself to himself, protecting himself from Detective. Williams, as they don't know each other and they want to keep their barriers up.
Towards the end of the thriller it shows a metronome ticking, which connotes the time passing away from him.
There is a low angle shot to introduce his character (detective) showing the badge and the gun and all the other tools of his trade, they do this to show you an introduce who he is, without actually showing him investigating stuff, which is very typical of the thriller genre, also they show him picking them up one by from from a point of view shot to add more effect and this is also to show how he organises everything in a line, to show he is a very well organised person.
There is also a low shot of his bed and him picking dust or something off of his suit jacket, which shows he is a very well groomed man who looks after himself and shows he is self conscious of his appearance and maybe that he wants all the other detectives to respect him, if he presents him self that way.
Then it goes to a crane shot to show the importance of situation at hand of an victim to murder and a pool of blood, underneath her showing that she has been murdered and this is the line of work that the detective works in, even though he is a well groomed man. He works around death and blood a lot.
A low angle of them when him and a younger detective are walking down the street, to show they are important and to make them look bigger then everyone, else as they are the enforces of law and have power and authority.
Later on when he goes home he touches the metronome hand and it then zooms in to the metronome to build up tension and emphasises his loneliness as when you’re a detective you either live alone to keep the people you love out of danger, or because of the job he can’t connect with people and love anyone as it may be a very traumatic and mentally harming job.
Editing - They have edited it so it is red in the title sequence which connotes blood, which may say that in this film there may be a lot of killing and blood throughout this film, which you get a snippet of when watching the first murder crime scene.
There is low saturation to make the house look gloomy and dark, which may connote death, as they are at a murder scene and one light source may also enforce this, also makes the scene seem more dangerous and this amplifies by it being dark.
The numbers which come up on the title sequence indicate that it may be a psychological thriller and the shaky transitions and drawn numbers on a page and all the images may say that this a point of view of the killer as it has pictures of murders and loads of things, also the font they use also reinforces my idea of this being from the killers view as the font they have used, adds an effect of how a crazy person would write maybe making you believe that this person may be crazy, and plans out the murders methodically, doesn't just go out and kill people, shown here by him crossing his face out, which may make him hard to beat, from the detectives point of view.
The non-continuity system is used to reinforce that it’s a psychological thriller, cause it is like my other point about the title sequence, this makes you feel like they may be unstable, whoever the person is.
Mise-en-scene:
Throughout the beginning of the mise-en-scene their are a lot of dull colours around Detective. Williams room which indicates that he is a boring person who has nothing fun to do in his life as there is no colour and it also shows that he likes to get jobs done, without any messing around. There is also a set daily routine which the detective has, which shows that he has an order of the way he likes to do things.
When in the room where the crime has happened, I notice the blood on the floor and blind which connotes danger and this makes the audience feel nervous and on the edge of their seat wanting to know what had happened.
Outside of the building and along the street there is metal poles in front of the windows to shows that its a rough area where crime rates are high and I believe that it shows that people are imprisoned in their own shop/house, too scared to go out due to all of the murders and crimes. It also shows the rain which connotes that its not a very nice place to live due to the crimes.
Later on at night it shows the detectives room, which is dark, which connotes that from his past experience from the job, its not a brilliant place to work but he is still committed to it, as his room looks dirty which I think shows that he only cares about how well he preforms on the job and as soon as he gets home, nothing else matters.
As he has no pictures in his room, it makes him look like a very lonely person as he has no pictures of family or friends, which also leads onto him laying in bed by himself.
David Mills has his arms crossed which shows the proxemics of how closely stood they are together, it shoes what he's trying to keep himself to himself, protecting himself from Detective. Williams, as they don't know each other and they want to keep their barriers up.
Towards the end of the thriller it shows a metronome ticking, which connotes the time passing away from him.
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