Thriller research task
The clip starts with the sounds of thunder as the 'Columbia pictures' sequence fades in at first the only image we see is a bright light which is then a graphic match of the torch the statue is holding. The sound of the thunder slowly fades out at the same time as the 'Columbia pictures' sequence, we then hear traffic accompanied by airy music which builds tension as the image of a landscape with tall skyscrapers fades in, the the location doesn't look that of a wealthy area just the standard american city. The shot slowly zooms in making the text on screen saying 'Columbia pictures presents' more clear, the text is a faded white colour which matches the colour of the surrounding locations, the text is bold it is quite a plain font such as Arial, and appears to look 3D. The clip then straight cuts to a closer into the city showing a mid-shot showing the huge buildings towering over the cars which are made to look tiny compared to the buildings.This clip also has text on, the same colour and font as before saying 'A Ho'fflundapolone production'. The music is slowly building up at this point of the sequence, which is building tension for the audience which establishes the genre of the film. another straight cut shows numerous buildings towering over the roads of the city. This is establishing the location as a busy american city, as skyscrapers are often associated with America. The text is at an angle saying 'An indelible picture' A horizontal wipe then shows another close up of the skyscrapers, the text slowly moves into the shot. The text is still the same font, but is now moving down the hierarchy of actors in the films. The first actress shown is Jodie Foster . A pan then moves on to show different sections of the city with the text 'Forest Whitaker' who is another main actor in the film. A straight cut shows more buildings and busy roads. The shots are slowly moving into the inner city. As this happens the sound of traffic becomes more clear and cars become visible this allows the audience to be able to see the yellow taxis which are associated with New York City. This establishes the location even more allowing the audience to know the location of the film before the action of the film has even started. The next actor listed is 'Dwight Yoakam', followed by Jared Leto. After this,whilst establishing the location a wipe shows the New York buildings with 'Panic Room' on top, this time the text is larger than before and is a lot clearer in comparison to the titles showing the actors within the film. After this the music begins to pick up pace and the shots return back to naming characters starting with Kristen Stewart, followed by Anne Magnuson and Ian Buchanan. These two actors share their name on the same shot. This is then followed by Patrick Bauchau and Paul Schulze who's names also share the same shot. This is happening whilst the location is being established even more, Like before the shots are slowly moving in closer to the inner city of New York as the roads get filled with more and more traffic the music becomes more intense building tension for audience. The titles then begins to move up the Hierarchy of people working on the film. The titles start with 'casting by Laray Yayfield' followed by 'Costume designer Michael Kaplan'. Then 'music by Howard Shore', followed by 'Film editors James Haygood .A.C.E and Angus wall' next is 'production designer Arthur Max', followed by 'director of photography Conrad W. Hall and Darius Khondji A.S.C..A.F.C' the next title is 'Produced by Gavin Polone, Judy Hofflund, David Koepp, Cean Chaffin', Then 'written by David Koepp'. Then finally the 'Directed David Fincher' As the hierarchy of people working on set is shown the shot begins to show buildings shown from a low angle and finally when the director is named we begin to hear talking of what audiences assume is the main character, and the location has changed to Central Park which is a iconic New York setting, the audience can still see the buildings from earlier on in the sequence in the background, which shows audience the film is still in central New York. A straight cut followed by a tilt down shows a busy New York walkway, at this point the music begins with fade and the dialogue of the female becomes more clear, the sequence finishes showing the woman that was talking, walking quickly through the crowd of people accompanied by another woman.
Panic Room trailer
The trailer starts by showing that the film is a Columbia pictures film. However the shot of the Columbia picture isn't as long as that of the opening sequence. The shot the uses a fade up which then shows the New York location this is done by showing the skyscrapers. However in the opening sequence the location is established by using long shots in the trailer the this is done within two seconds before fading to a house, there is dialogue at this point, it is the voice of a man describing the house that is being shown in the shot. Various fades show different parts of the house such as the staircase, the hallway and different rooms. A child is shown going through a room on her scooter, the a fade shows 3 adults stood in a hallway of the house discussing the house. This shows the audience the characters that are going to be within the film. Then a fade shows the panic room, and as the male character in the trailer says 'Panic Room' the music changes from lullaby, relaxing type of music to more airy and tension building music, which sounds like grave yard bells ringing in the background. The male character then goes onto give a description of the panic room, this gives audience an idea of the film is about and where the majority of the film will be shot. The next shot of the trailer shows the mother and daughter living in the house and then shows a break in, from this part quick shots are taken, and various shots are shown such as the mother and daughter running into the panic room, and various shots of the people breaking in and destroying parts of the house and trying to get into the panic room. Throughout the trailer a selection of shots are used to build up the trailer. These shots a not necessarily in chronological order, however they do build tension for the audience. The point of the trailer is to try and get people to go and see the film in cinema. Therefore the trailer has to be action packed ad be exciting for the audience. Where as the opening sequence does not have to be action packed like the trailer because the audience are already there viewing the film, so they may have a basic idea of what the film is about due to seeing the trailer before hand. If the trailer is not action packed and does no appeal to audiences, the film may not be as popular which will in return make the film not as successful as it could potentially be if it had a exciting trailer.
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