I chose the opening of Black Swan as my first film as it is a great psychological thriller and is exciting to write about as it is one of my favourite thriller films.
The film begins with the title sequence. The distributors, Fox Searchlight appears first on the screen followed by the production companies; Cross Creek Pictures and Protozoa and Phoenix Pictures. At this point, classical background music started to play. The title of the film 'Black Swan' is then shown across the screen in a large white font on a black background which makes it stand out.
The very first shot is a wide angle shot which focuses on a ballerina who is about to dance under a spotlight. This shot also helps to establish what the film is about and who the main character is. The camera then focuses on the ballerina's shoes with a close up as she begins to dance. This is followed by a shot taken with a hand held camera which creates tension as it seems that the ballerina is being watched. There is then a 360 degree angle shot which focuses on the male and female ballerinas dancing together. The lighting also helps to create tension as the only thing the audience can see is who is under the spotlight as everywhere else in the room is pitch black. Most of this scene is filmed with a hand held camera for effect and as the music builds up and gets louder, the camera moves quicker and uses more close ups on the two characters to draw the audiences attention in. To end this scene, as the music fades the camera uses a reverse zoom to get the bigger picture as the characters disappear into the distance. The lighting then slowly fades out to mark the end of this scene.
Link to watch Black Swan online: http://tubeplus.me/player/72287/Black_Swan/
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