Se7en

Se7en

Se7en is a film about two homicide detectives' desperate hunt for a serial killer who justifies his crimes as absolution for the world's ignorance of the Seven Deadly Sins. The movie takes us from the tortured remains of one victim to the next as the sociopathic "John Doe" sermonizes to Detectives Sommerset and Mills -- one sin at a time. The sin of Gluttony comes first and the murderer's terrible capacity is graphically demonstrated in the dark and subdued tones characteristic of film noir. 

Collateral

Collateral

Collateral is about a cabbie Max Durocher is the type of person who can wax poetic about other people's lives, which impresses U.S. Justice Department prosecutor Annie Farrell, one of his fares, so much that she gives him her telephone number at the end of her ride. Although a dedicated man as seen through the efficiency in which he does his work, he can't or won't translate that eloquence into a better life for himself. He deludes himself into believing that his now twelve year cabbie job is temporary and that someday he will own his own limousine service. He even lies to his hospitalized mother that he already owns one, with a further lie that he tells her as such primarily to make her happy, rather than the truth which is that he won't do anything to achieve that dream. One night, Max picks up a well dressed man named Vincent, who asks Max to be his only fare for the evening. For a flat fee of $600 - double what Max asks - Vincent wants Max to drive him to five stops that evening.

Sabotage

Sabotage was made in 1935 and was directed by the Master of suspense Alfred Hitchcock.

Sabotage is about a Scotland Yard undercover detective is on the trail of a saboteur who is part of a plot to set off a bomb in London. But when the detective's cover is blown, the plot begins to unravel. Mr. Verloc is part of a gang of foreign saboteurs operating out of London. He manages a small cinema with his wife and her teenage brother as a cover, but they know nothing of his secret. Scotland Yard assign an undercover detective to work at the shop next to the cinema in order to observe the gang.

     

Alfred Hitchcock creates tension and suspense as he shows us an extreme close up of the little boy holding the bomb. 

Sabotage - Alfred Hitchcock

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Thriller Opening- Shadow of a doubt

Shadow of a Doubt
1943
Directed by the Master of suspense-Alfred Hitchcock


Hair + Make up + costume
Neat hair, immaculate, doesn't fit in the area(slums). Their suits are neat and very clean, almost perfect like.
Facial Expression + Body Language
Straight face, not really emotional. Similar body language between Uncle Charlie and Neice Charlie. you  can tell they are closely linked with each other.
Colour + Lighting
the lighting in the first part of the film we saw was kind of lost, which makes it seem mysterious. Low key lighting is used. Deception is there, and there is shading over the eyes of Uncle Charlie
Setting + Props
Posh house in the slums, rundown, burnt cars. Cigar and money in Uncle Charlie's bedroom, this shows that he wealthy, and has expensive taste in things. He is definately upper class.
Positioning of objects + People in a frame
There is distance between Uncle Charlie and the Land lady. Uncle Charlie shows lack of communication.

Shadow of a doubt

Shadow of A Doubt- Alfred Hitchcock

This film is used through Mise-En-Scene. Shadow of A Doubt was made in 1943 and was directed by Alfred Hitchcock, the master of suspense.



Charlotte 'Charlie' Newton is bored with her quiet life at home with her parents and her younger sister. She wishes something exciting wold happen and knows exactly what they need: a visit from her sophisticated and much traveled uncle Charlie Oakley, her mother's younger brother. Imagine her delight when, out of the blue, they receive a telegram from uncle Charlie announcing that he is coming to visit them for awhile. Charlie Oakley creates quite a stir and charms the ladies club as well as the bank president where his brother-in-law works. Young Charlie begins to notice some odd behavior on his part, such as cutting out a story in the local paper about a man who marries and then murders rich widows. When two strangers appear asking questions about him, she begins to imagine the worse about her dearly beloved uncle Charlie.