Henry, will and gareth (Will's blog on student thriller)

i am going to analyse a student video from long road, the video is called 'This train terminates'. I like the very first open shot of the stairs and the audience straight away no its something to do with a train which gets you connected from the beginning. THe music then kicks in. Whilst watching the film and listening to the music i believe they work very well together, the music builds up tension as it always increases its tempo throughout whihc makes u think something will happen. All the different camera angles used in this film are great. WHilst the man is making the bomb the do a various amount of camera shots whihc really create the scene. i like how it kept going back from the making of the bomb to the man walking around the staton with it. through out it kept flicking up with the train destinations with black background and grey lines and the final shot was the train exploding. i htought this was an cleve extra detail. I thought thatoverall thought this was a good thriller start i give itg a 50/60.

Henry, will and gareth (Will's blog on thriller)

The film i am looking at is 'Face off'. The film face off starts different than you would have thought, as straight away its happy faces on a merry go round. At this point the music is quite slow and joyful. This is to show that the son and the dad (John travolta) are having a good time on the merry go round. But as soon as the camera goes onto the mystery man in the distance (Nicholas Cage) the joyfull, happy music hits a stop and slow,quite and dull music kicks in as you see the mystery man with a gun! THe lightness of this scene appears to be quite dull iwth color as the oclor is not so quite black and white but a very light shde of colors.When the gun shot has been fired the bullet goes in slow motion and takes a few seconds to make contanct. This builds tension and mkaes the impact of the shot quite dramatic. The colors which are quite clear are the colors on the ballons. The balloons i believe are synbolic to the child who has been killed going off to heaven. All the different camera shots used within the clip are a mix between long shots and close ups. There are not many camera shots used as it is quite simple but very effective opening. Overall i thought this was an awsome start to a movie i rate it a wopping 57/60