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Opening Analysis

Children of Men This is the opening scene from the Children of Men The director uses the 4 micro-elements to help set the mood of the film and to use that mood to create dystopian world that full of crimes, mixed culture, hopeless adults, etc. The black screen with diegetic sound of news reports seem to introduce us to the new cold world...

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Credit structure

  PANIC ROOM credits 1.Studio (big film company who funded)    -Ideates : identify institution   paramount  5 big film studios and their logo  2. Production Company 3. Stars 4. Name of the film 5. Co-stars 6. Casting director 7. Costume designer 8. Music composer 9. Film editor 10. Production Designer 11. Producer 12. Writer 13. Director ...

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Dexter Credit

DEXTER is an American television crime, drama, mystery series. Dexter Morgan, a serial killer who disguise as a Miami forensics. He spends his day solving crimes and nights committing them. His job is to hunt down murderers who slipped through the crack of justice system. Denotation and Connotation of Dexter opening credits Micro-elements are used to create connotations. Sound In every scenes, diegetic...

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Fear

Fear Fear is a powerful emotion that makes people react when they are afraid so that is why media have chosen fear to tease with our emotions and feelings. They use fear as an entertainment and it comes in the many forms such as horror movies,  mystery tv shows, music or even video games. The fact that it is not real make us...

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Thriller Conventions

The antagonist ensnares the protagonist in an increasingly complex web, until the protagonist feels isolated and helpless. The narrative centres upon a crime e.g.. theft, murder The protagonist is fallible and has an Achilles heel that is exploited. Themes of identity are common mistaken identity, amnesia doubles/gangsters A series of animus are set up  only to be solved at the end The audience...

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REAR WINDOW SUSPENSE

                  Rear window is directed by Alfred Hitchcock which was often known as a "The Master of Suspense". He pioneered many elements of suspense and psychological thriller genres. He had directed so many great movies such as Psycho, The Birds, Vertigo, Rear Window, North by Northwest, etc. Rear Window is about a man with his broken...

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