How does Welles create an air of mystery in citizen Kane?

 

In the thriller film citizen Kane Welles uses the technique of having a fade to black at very beginning of the movie he made the gates of the start of the film symbol something like a prison, being trapped, this give me the theory that that it’s a bad place that no one can come in or out. He did a close up of the gate and paned up to make it looks like it’s moving up. But using a fade to black, this is good as it changes where they are this is making it more tense and making the audience confused on where they are? He also uses a close up to the man’s face. This is not showing the audience what he looks like only the more important parts. He saying “Rosebud” is an extreme close up. An extreme close up of his lips saying the word. He says it in a very quiet as it makes it more dramatic. In the film the man drops the snow globe, by the man dropping the snow globe; this shows the lady walk in and shows her refection. It’s an extreme close-up on the globe. At the start of the movie you never see the nurses face, them doing this give it a sense of mystery. There is no conversation in the opening only music and single word talking. This shows the audience what’s happening without convocation. Not knowing what the man died of make the audience think what did he die of? Welles also keeps going to window shot showing that this might be his room, makes the people think what is this window symbolising? I think it could mean that it’s his window to his room,.

Welles makes the audience think why did he die? What was wrong with him? He make the audience think that but doing close up shots of the man and the nurse. Still not letting them know who they are and why they are there. He also does a lot of fades to blacks these seem to flash back to the window. Makes you think what the interest in the window is.

Also Welles has added the effect of sound which is non-diegetic to make it more gripping and thrilling. The non- diegetic sound means that its outside the film it’s not meant to be in the film. It also shows a lot of shadows in the film and the lighting is very dark to make it scarier but the only light in it is from the window. Why is that the only light though?

This is the DVD cover we had to design, we had to design in for a thriller and how we thought a DVD cover should look like. I have chosen The High Tide" as it name as i think it fits great in what the story would be about. i have chosen blade colours Black, brown, and grey as they are the normal colours for a thriller DVD cover. I have designed it to look scary and to make people think what is this about? and why is there a skull on the cover? keeps them guessing.

Common features of a thriller film.

Then common things you will find on a thriller poster is that they have dark colours and normaly a person but they dont show you who they are. There are lot of different colours on the thriller poster the common colours are normally green, black, red and gray. As you can see in this poster for the thriller film 'The humen Centipede' it looks like its looking though a glass window. There is 6 hands shown but you can only see one face this would make you think whats happened why is it showing you this? The font on this poster is all different sizes but the centipede is the bigger word because it catches the audience attention making you think why a centipede? as you can see in the poster that the picture and the background is blurred this would make it look scary. At the top of the poster it says 'Their flesh is his fantasy' that makes the audience feel scared like why is it his fantasy what does he do to the people to get that thrill. This is not a typical thriller poster thought, as normally there is alot of blood on the posters but this one it seems like not alot. this doesnt seem like the normal thriller killing. at the bottom of the poster it says that is it 100% medically accurate, know this make the film more wired  knowing that they can do it in real life as well as in the film.

Batman Begins
batman begins has all the conventions of a being a thriller themed film. As a thriller fil its gripping, and fast pasted.They also have a hero and a villain. the victum is a helpless woman, how ever the villain is the 'scarecrow' in this film.the setting of the film is set in a cold and busy city so they is more people to see what is happening. this would get the audience gripped when they are watchign this film.

This scene is set n a mental prison, dark, wet and creepy. this would leave the audience quessing on what goes on in the prison. The wictunms is a innocent woman who is only doing her job.as she think she is only doing her job this make her more of a vulnerable. when she enters the prison she thinks that she is going to meet with a mental doctor. but she does not know that it is the killer.

The music to the shot i have chosen the sounds have gone faster and it seems like its closing in the faster it is the more gripping it is. also in the shot there is a focus on the 'scarecrow' the background in the shot is blurred as he is telling the innocent woman that she is going to die. This would make the audience more interested in what he is going to do. The sound is making the moment more thrilling, this would make the audience what to know what's going to happen next. This shot is a close up shot (CU) focusing on the two people talking.They have done the shot like this so you know that he is the one you should be interested in not the background.

In this shot is is were the woman is running away from her killer. she is heading to the lift to get away. This shot is showing us that she is moving. The shot is a all round shot as it is showing us where she is going and what she is heading for. the background in this shot is showing us the walls, the lights, and what her seroundings are. The walls look dark and gloomy, they look like prison walls. There is very small light so this would make it more thrilling for the audience as they cant really see what is happening. The light look like they are trying to lead her somewhere as they are all in a like, like they are showing her where to go. like she is walking away from the lights.

In this shot is a shot of her in the lift when is was trying to run away from her killer. The expressions on her face is telling the audience that the killer has caught up with her. The shot is a close up shot again (CU) to show the shocked and scared look on her face, the lighting is very dark give it like a shadow affect on her face to give a shadow of the killer, this would make this moment more anticipating. Having a fast sounds to it makes it more exciting. This shot is more focused on her face to show how she is feeling.

lesson 3

Media language 

Genre: type of film putting them in to groups to create different films.

Horror
Thriller
Romantic
Comedy
Action
Chickflick
Musical
Westen
Fairy Tale
War
Animation

Majar Genre: sticks to the same thing
Sub-Genre: closely related to the main Genre

-To sell the film
- To give the the watches what they expect
-To define and create a star
-Make up of a frame

Mise one scene- is what we see in the frame of the film.it is what is put into the picture.

Genre- Gangstar

what would we see in this type of film? Guns, money, cans, smoking, drugs, bling, alot of ladys.

what would we hear in this type of film? Crashing, music, R m' B.

typical characters? leaders, wanna be's, lead lady, hero, killer.

Framing

lesson 2
Questions we need to know for our exams
what can you see?
whats the main focus?
what angle is the shot taken at?
what type of shot is it?
what is the perpose for it?
what does is symbol? what isent the shot focusing on?
Composition Framing 
rule of three 
when you compose a image or shot and there is a defined gris shape there- over the top of the image.

Golden mean 
- a image at a slanted line - point id intrest 
Framing 
Thriller shot maybe blurred -what you can leave out can be importing. as everything is it there for a reason.

The golden mean draws the eyes down.

extreme long shot (ELS)

- The subject is very clear

-Shows where they are 

-Used in actions scenes or romantic scenes, very spread out.

long shots (lS)

The subject takes up most of the shot

Midshot

shows things in enough detail, picking out what they are. when people are talking hand movements, body language.

Mediam close up (MCU)

mid close up.

when people are talking to each other.

Close up (CU)

Takes up most of the frame *80% of the frame.

Extreme close up (ECU)

extreme detail

needs a reason to be to be that close to someone. 

Cut aways (CA)

The cut aways is used to "buffen" helps editing process.

Two shot 

shot with two people in, the same amount of space for each.

Over the shoulder shot (OTSS)

shows how close they are and to see who they are talking to.

Noddy shot

when someone is talking but they are focus on the main person.

Point of view shot

what you see thats there.