Brick

The Title Of The Film

The titles of this film is called 'brick' and the first picture in my storyboard is showing what it looks like in the film. As you can see the director has chosen a simple black and white contrasting theme because they tend to stand out and give a overall professional look. The font of the title is a 'new roman times' which is a very basic font but is also in the style of a 'brick'. So this could mean the title is a double meaning. Finally the title does not appear until around a minute into the film, this is to get the viewers engaged from the start watching the film and then be revealed to the title.

How The Setting/Location Is Revealed

The setting/location is revealed from a long shot showing the destination with a very unsettling non-diagetic music. The build up to this shot is from a lot of close-ups of items such as shoes, watches and a face. They use close-ups to build up the tension and to not reveal any of the background so when the shot flashes into a long shot, the viewers get the whole screen to look at and observe. It's a mysterious brook with a dark entrance and a dead body next to a gentle river/sewage flow. This looks like a murder. The director has done this to show its a thriller and to disgust the watchers.

Costumes And Props

In shot 3 I screenshoted the cigarette been dropped along with the mans shoes and a long road nearly deserted. This is a very quiet scene because its built up with a lot of mystery. The prop here is the cigarette because the man in the car has dropped this as he was driving past which is meant to hold a 'clue'. The director has used a common object to represent a clue and this can be related to a lot of people, especially smokers because they see cigarettes everyday but don't interpreted them with 'clues'. Also the shoes of the man are very smart and formal, so this suggests he is not prepared for a lot of adventures or clue solving. This could well be the twist in the story.

Interesting Camera Work/Editing

Shot 4 stood out to me as an 'interesting camera work' because it does not reveal this secret character in the story, it just shows her hand inserting a note into the guys locker. Also the background is like a focus pull because the main object which is her hand is focused on, whereas the background is not and appears blurred which is interesting camera work. This is a great effect because makes the viewers focus on what the director wants them to focus on.

Title And Font Style

The title and font style for 'focus features' is different to the title of the film. It's much more modern and creative, because it's not an old company. The font style appears to be a custom made one by themselves because the 'o' from 'focus' is out of focus so this is relating to the main which is very clever and people may take a liking into this. Also the title is in focus while the background is not, due to its blurriness, and this is good because it makes the picture pleasant to look at.

Story - And How The Opening Suggests It

The opening of the story suggests that its going to be revolved around some sort of murder because it shows a dead girl right at the start. The reason they have shown this right at the start is to set a sudden mood of anxiety and to produce the thriller. A lot of films start of very slow and this tends to move the viewers away from watching it, but if you have something to get you hooked in the film, its very effective because its hard to get unhooked from the film.

Genre (Thriller) - And How The Opening Suggests It

Close-ups and extreme close-ups are commonly used in thrillers because they show facial expressions and show how people are feeling, whether it's worried, happy or scared. This extreme close-up shows the man thinking and examining something, and we find out in the next show that he is examining the body, probably wondering how this girl has died, also it could be that he has killer her, we don't know just yet.

How Any Characters Introduced

Although we do see some shots of this character at the start of the film, he appears very mysterious and does not say anything, so the viewers do not know what he is like. We see him here sitting by a phone booth which then rings, so we get to hear his voice which will tell us where he's from (accents) and what this phone call is about. Eventually we will get to know this character very well, and then can relate to him from the beginning and find out why he was observing that dead body.

Any Special Effects (Or A Particular Shot You Really Like)

This last shot of the film is my favourite and really caught my attention. When I was viewing the film i saw this and thought it was different to other shots. This is because the angle of the shot is unusual and is also a close-up. I would like to use a lot of shots like these in my films because it makes them more interesting.