Thriller 1: Sin City

Camera
The extract opens with an establishing shot of the woman (in red and white). A long shot is used to allow the audience to connect with what the character is doing and make assumptions based on first appearance. The camera then begins to use a mixture of mid-shots and close-ups, this connotes meanings of a ‘close’ relationship that the two characters in the film are apart of. The director has used these particular shots intentionally in order to allow the audience to recognize the characters facial expressions which thus helps establish what the character is like in the opening extract of the film.

Editing
The director cleverly uses a combination of red, white and black throughout the opening extract. The setting is mainly black and white, therefore allowing the red to be used in poignant parts of the scene in order to establish importance. The pace of the scene is slow and the movements appear calm and relaxed, which is a juxtaposition to the event that takes place in the scene -where the woman is shot by her supposed lover- this is used to build tension and also to keep the audience interested in the upcoming scene. Throughout the opening scenes black and white cartoon images have been used and some use pausing images in order to draw the audience to a particular part of the sequence. The director has used this to make the audience closely identify with the reaction of the two characters and how the narrative will develop. A bright light is used behind the two main characters, the director has used this to highlight where the action is taking place. It has also been used to allow the audience to relate to the lights that are around the location/buildings.

Sound
At the beginning of the extract, the director uses a non-digetic saxophone this is used for multiple reasons. Firstly it creates a slow, romantic atmosphere through the jazzy tones which is reinforced by the two people that meet together. It is also used to establish the American location, which is again reinforced by the spoken dialogue of the American accents that both characters use.
Non digetic sound is used in the form of spoken dialouge by the male protagonist, the director has used this intentionally so that we can see the narrative from his perspective.


Mise-en-scene
The main character is wearing a red dress and red lipstick, whilst the rest of the scene is in black and white. The red connotes meanings of danger, love, and blood, which is symbolic towards the end of the extract. The director has done this to make it obvious to the audience that something will happen to the woman and not the man, which is reinforced by the fact he is in black and white and not red. CGI and animation is used throughout the extract in order to build tension and also develop the narrative of the story. The director has used this to freeze certain images to make them poignant to the audience. The two characters wear very sophisticated clothes and it seems that they are the only people that are moving in the scene and the surroundings/background. Therefore the director has used this to focus the attention of the scene rather than the location of the film, which becomes more apparent towards the end when a long shot, panning and tracking is used to establish the setting.