My 10 Films

Psycho - Alfred Hitchcock
- City scape of Pheonix, Arizona, extreme long shot, Black and White
- Music Signifies Horror/Thriller
- Zooms into window, signifies that this is the central protagonist









The Shining - Stanley Kubrick
- Country Scape of Colorado Extreme long shot, following the car to show the isolation.
- Music signifies the genre, Horror/Thriller
- Following car, signifies this is the central protagonist

Reservoir Dogs - Quentin Tarentino
- Men in car, one bleeding to death medium close up
- Hand held camera, to create sense of panic








American Beauty - Sam Mandes
- Girl talking to camera, long shot, diagetic hand held camera, scene repeating further on in the film
- Scape of the suburbs, closing in on the house of central protagonist

Fight Club
- Credits show images of brains which signifies a psychlogical genre.
- Clip from end of film, next scene him sat in and office, scene looks dark and depressing, central protagonist explains he has insomnia through narration.




Burn After Reading - The Coen Brothers
- Zoom from globe into America, CIA, drumming music to creates suspense
- Camera following feet along corridor, creates narrative enigma because the audience doesn't know who they are following

Memento - Christopher Nolan
- Scene from end of film show in reverse, a man on the floor getting shot in the head, this signifies either one could be the central protagonist.
- Close up polaroid with picture of a dead person, the use of polariods is a main theme of the film.





Silence of the Lambs - Jonathan Demme
- Scaping of woodland, overcast day, creates mystery and signifies a thriller along with the tense music.
- Central Protagonist climbing rope up a hill on FBI obsticle training course, she is running through the woods alone with the camera following her from a point of view angle, this creates suspense being it looks like she is being chased.



A Clockwork Orange
- Narration of central protagonist who is on screen, non diagetic
- Close up of his face and then zooming out to reveal entire scene, all is still




Pulp Fiction - Quentin Tarentino
- Couple sat in diner, shot reverse shot of their conversation.
- Couple then begin a heist of the diner, pulling out guns and shouting threats, woman stoof on table with gun with a low angle shot to show her power and intimidation over the diner, the shot freezes and the soundtrack begins to play along with the rolling titles.