Brick

Analysis of Brick

Cinematography: The way that the camera in the begining has a lot of extream close-ups that fade into eachother so you get to see each character. The film start with you getting to know the character of the boy and then as you get more in to the film you get an eye line view of what he is looking at and you get a few close-ups of the dead girl and then you as a viewer start to ask questions on who is she? what happend to her? The setting of the film also helps you to understand that she is dead because it looks like a place that you wouldn't like to be. The use of the establishing shout is effective because you can see the boy on the left hand side the black tunnel in the middle and the dead girl on right hand side so you also can see a a rule of thirds shout. Also they way the camera changes though quick cuts of the boy and the dead girl help the audience to get to know the characters. Also the way that the camera focus pulls us to the next clip is effective. I also like the way that each shout gives the viewer an imagination.

Mise-en-scene: The way that you see what the boy is where for example the brown shoes, in the first shout you see them and then you see who they belong to. So when the film cuts to the school scene you see the brown shoes before you see the character but you stright away knoe whos feet they are. Also the use of mud on her shoes shows she didn't plan to get muddy so this gives the audience some thing to think about. I think the way the director wanted you to see the girls hand as she is dead on the floor then it fades into the shout of her hand agen but 'two day befor' and I stright away knew whos hand it was and it made me question what happend to her? The use of probs is also effective because you see a hand put the note in his locker and then you see the boy actor waiting for the girl. The note tells the viewer that. Also by the sound of the bell you know it is set in a school then you see where he is m,eeting her on a road.

Editing: The way that the first few shouts fade into the next to give it the mood of sadness is effective. Most of the shouts where fast and quick. Then as you get more into the film you see the effective way that see an eyeline match of what he is looking at and you get to see the dead girl on the floor.

Sound: The music is non-diegetic sound of bells which is creepy, slow and quite so it set a good mood to how the girls got killed and they way the boys feels as he looks at her. But then the differnt sound of a school bell is the diegetic sound because the next scene is two days earlier when they are at school.

Story- How the opening sets it: Its day time. Not a normal place to see a dead body. The girl looks dressed up so she didn't look as if she wanted to get muddy. She look like she was going on a date or to a party? The ending of the film is at the begining so it is replaying what happend to the girl and why she ended up that way.

How the opening suggests the genre(thriller): The way that you see the girl faced down on the floor with dirty clothes and creapy music in the back ground sets the scene of a thriller. She is dead on the floor but with no blood so this is how a thriller takes place. The setting of the story gives the mood of a thriller too because it is cold and scary, a place where girls don't get dressed up for. You also have all the questions going around in your head. Who killed her? Was it that boy? Who is he anyway?

For me as a viewer the film was produced very well. It mad me ask question on the opening sequence the whole way though, this is what a film should really be about. Im going to take some idears from this film and I am going to add them in my opening sequence thriller. With the use of the props to establish the characters, I want to use this because it is very effective to the mood and the layout of the film. This will tick all the boxes on my audience view of a thriller film, this is what was meant to happen and it was done with out us even knowing it.