The collector (2009 Marcus Dunstan)
When I knew we had to get some inspiration for the opening of my thriller I went out looking for something a long the lines of the film Seven and I decided to research on the Internet about The Collector opening scene which I found was similar to that of Seven but does everything a lot more extreme.
Sound
Non-diegetic music is used throughout the clip which creates a very sci-fi feel to the clip due to the music which has been used. The music which has also been used seems to be created to go through you because it creates a sound which is a bit like scratching fingernails on a blackboard which hits a lot of peoples senses and they do not like the sound for this reason. This is a great choice of music for a thriller opening scene because it automatically within five minutes hits the audiences senses and nerves. The sound keeps on getting louder to make people feel the suspense so that they keep waiting for something to happen.
Camera work
Not many shots have been used throughout the clip as they are very fast shots so that not much is given away. Quick panning shots are used to show frogs, spiders and other objects which are contained in jars to keep it concealed. Many close up shots have also been used on the animals which are moving. I believe that this has been done to scare people and hit their senses as a lot of people are scared of animals such as spiders and suffer from phobias such as arachnophobia. Another shot which is recurring is one of what we guess is 'The Collector'. It is a shadowed image which is done to make people feel scared as people tend to fear what they cannot identify.
Editing
Throughout the opening scene there are many different clips with fast changing sequences. At one point there are three different shots within a second which demonstrates how fast changing the transitions are. We only see an image of 'The Collector' which shows that he is the main character who we should be interested in. The fact that he has been set to be shadowed within an orange background and we cannot see any facial features which makes the identity of 'The Collector' unknown. Orange is also a connotation of fire. Different shots have blurs within them which makes sure that the audience cannot quite make out what they are seeing which can make them more scared as they want to know what is happening otherwise they begin to get on edge and curious. Most of the images have a backing colour of green which could be used deliberately because they give connotations of darkness and oddness. The fast cuts makes the audience feel confused because they cannot see one thing long enough to realise what is going on.
Mise en scene
We cannot really interpret the location but we know that it is somewhere underground. We know this because when the image of 'The Collector' is shown we can see a roof above him. This is also typical of the thriller genre as when somebody is underground there is nowhere that they can actually go. They cannot get out into the open from underground. An image of a spider is used to get to peoples worst fears as many people have arachnophobia in the world and when they are beginning to watch the film they cannot handle it for very long without being scared.
Titles
The titles in the sequence are a simple white font on black background in a typewriter font.
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