Ideas, Ideas

Today in class, my group and I decided to narrow the scope of our genre to a psychological/ suspenseful thriller. In response to this, we have each chosen to watch the two beginning minutes of four different thrillers.

Here is what we have chosen to analyze:

Fabiana - The ButterFly Effect
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=waf3Q9kEGFI

Vicky - Se7en
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FD7w2l88dl8

Alex - The Black Swan
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y0BbfVV_RVs

Me - Gone Girl
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vyYkttbnPK0

During our viewings we each disscussed the pace of the listed film opening, how the central character is being focused, what shots/edits are being used, credit placement, dialogue, setting, colors used, etc. that make up a thriller. While watching the 2 initial minute of “Gone Girl”...