Film Title: Film titles should be very good but at the same time should give to much away, in fact it should keep you guessing so the Brick title I thought fit the stereotype of what a thriller film title should be. I say this because I have found that most titles that appear in thriller films are the same for example they will be big and bold white letters and they will be appearing over a dull black background suggesting that they are easy to read but also quite interesting but at the same time does not give to much away. This is what a thriller title sequence is meant to do so I think you wont be surprised if you see this quite a lot in thriller title sequences.
Setting/Location: The setting starts out with an establishing shot in a dirty wet ditch whilst he is kneeling down over Emily, which was laying face down In the water dead to the world. The location is very good because as a child you was always told never to go there because it is dangerous so it is quite ironic that a body of a teenager would be found in a location such as the one she has been found in by Brandon. As he kneels down he looks very upset with him self like he didn’t save her in time but unusually you don’t see to much emotion from him for example tears or anything dramatic he just looks quite calm but upset at the same time.
Costumes/Props: The first props we see in the movie are Emily’s bangles whilst she is laying in the dirty ditch and also a dirty sleeve of a white jumper. Now this does not seem very important at the time but when later on the movie changes to another scene we see Emily putting a letter in Brendon’s locker and you can see the same blue cheap bangles and this time the sleeve of her jumper is very clean and white which suggest that it is the same character that you saw was dead in the ditch but it also creates a thought in the audience head. And that thought is why is the girl that was found dead in the ditch putting a latter prier to her death in Brendon’s locker.
How The Opening Sets Up A Story: When the scene in Brick opens up it immediately gives the audience that edge of your seat feeling because of the way it is set out, which is of Emily laying dead in the ditch with Brandon kneeling over her clearly upset over the situation. By doing this the audience will be thinking why is this young girl dead and why is he there? Suggesting that the opening sequence has done what it is meant to do as a thriller movie. The props also gives us many clues over time because we then see Emily put something in Brandon’s locker with the subtitles saying days prier suggesting that they new each other and something was going on. This in addition will also make the audience wonder to them self what is going on and will make them want to watch on.
Genre: The Genre of the film is a thriller and we can instantly tell this by the way that the title is paned out and then we see what is happening in the ditch. But I must say that you are not able to tell that it is a thriller straight away you have to watch on for a few moments before you can tell what is going on and what kind of Genre it is.
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