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Along came a spider

Produced by  paramount

In association with Revelations entertainment 

Whilst the beginning credits come in the words fall onto the screen as it they are falling from a spiders web

the sound within the start of the movie seem to sound like a poorly connected phone call which is later reviled to be the and coming through from the ear piece 

The opening open on a body cam looking upon a man who is driving the car from the low quality camera

It is then reviled that the lady is working undercover for the police and the man in the car is a criminal 

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Film deconstructions - The Bone Collector and Panic Room

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Phycological  thriller

the woman in the window
beast
the girl on the train
fear of rain

 

what are the conventions?
blood showed
death shown 
aspect of fear
very low-level lighting
sound manipulation 



 

MIDSOMMAR

Midsommar is a cult based movie where a couple signs up for what she thinks is a camping getaway which turns out to be a cult where she becomes the leader 

Crime thrillers 

the joker
the hate you give
knifes out 
21 bridges

what are the conventions?
~ police
~violent scenes-murder
~guns-weapons

~male protagonist/s (wisdom/Braun)
~ investigation-audience trying to figure out the crime
~weather works against the protagonist



 

The hate you give.

In the hate you give 

this movie is based on a book which is based on a young boy being killed due to the colour of his skin and how to gain justice for him.

Political thrillers

Dunkirk
London has fallen
Page Eight
V for vendetta
The firm
The Pelican Brief
The net
Tinker, Taylor, soldier, spy


 

Conventions

power struggle
chase sequences
explosions/gun threat
conspiracy 
suits,briefcases,courtroom,the secret 


 

Dunkirk

In Dunkirk

This movie is based on true events of the war at Dunkirk beach the struggles the men faced 

Technological thrillers

Conventions

The net
The circle 
Ex Machina
Die-hard 4
Matrix

The thirteenth floor
Anon


 

Technology-against the protagonist
Isolation-theme & how technology can create isolation
Chase sequences-fast paced editing
Non-diegetic music
Guns-death non-gruesome
protagonist-male/female
resolution-protagonist will take them down
technology will date the film.


 

The circle 

In the circle 

In the circle, the company is creating a live feed of everything meaning you can see anything and everything at anytime and anywhere 

Action thriller

The hunt
Nobody
The 355
Ava
Anna
G
unpowder milkshake

Conventions

Explosions-weapons-guns
Mainly male protagonist

chase sequences involving guns
Some sort of love interest
Helicopters/cars
Power struggle


 

AVA 

In AVA

An assassin becomes marked for death by her own black ops organization after questioning orders and breaking protocol.

Disaster thriller

Underwater
Crawl
Deep blue sea
Ice road
Chernobyl 1986
Contagion
I am legend

Conventions

Global impact-everyone at risk
protagonist-solo group/of friends
The antagonist is the natural disaster
Character development
isolation is still a theme

 

Chernobyl 1986

In Chernobyl 1986

In this film, it recreates the true events from the reactor explosion that took place in Chernobyl making the city unhabitable

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