The Killers
This film starts off with the universal pictures logo for a few seconds before cutting to a behind shot of two silhouetted characters in a car. It is very dark and the next shot is a sign illuminated by the light indicating where the film is set, 'Brentwood, New Jersey.' It then cuts to a long shot of a quiet town and the credits appear fading into each set of people and roles. Frightening music, violins and drums play over this. Two silhouetted characters walk slowly across the road quietly behind the credits and as the credits stop, the music fades and the attention is drawn to the men as the camera pans to follow them. These men have been silhouetted since the start and this a hook as they are very mysterious characters, could these two men be 'the killers' ?
Moonrise
The film starts with a shot of shadows on a wall as a credit appears crediting the director only. It then pans to a tracking close up of three mens legs as they walk towards the camera in perfect unison, this shot takes about 25 seconds. The three men join up with more peoples legs and the camera pans up to show a group of people looking slightly off camera all fixated on something, a lot of them with umbrellas indicating it is a dreary day. The camera continues panning above their heads to a white wall behind them, where shadows play out the events people are watching, someone being hanged. Slow epic music has been building up and stops abruptly when a man pulls a lever to hang the criminal. This is an instant hook as the audience want to know what is going on, who the criminal was and why he was convicted. There is only one credit that appears at the very start, the director's credit.
Kiss Me Deadly
This film starts with a shot of a distressed woman running along a dark long road towards the camera, the stops a car by standing int he middle of the road. There is a charming man in the car, she gets in and then the credits roll along a shot of the back of their heads.
Analysis
These films all start with a very sudden, very gripping scene shrouded in mystery. This is big hook for the audience and I think I will definetely try and use something like this in my film. The silhouetted characters are very mysterious and will try and use this. Having the characters do something mundane as the credits roll is very interesting and seems conventional so I will also try and use that.
Posters
This poster displays two of the assumed main characters, the femme fatale and the macho male lead. The woman looks very beautiful and loving whereas the man seems to be giving her a cold store, this could represent their relationship. This show the film will msot likely revolve around those two characters and be very romance based. This will appeal to people who like romance.
This is a very interesting poster and the colours and images used instantly give you a feel of the mystery and drama going on. The face in the top right has very bland expression on his face, so seems calm and collected and the light shinging on the dark suited man represents his search for thie evil character. The laughing character is the evil enemy in the film, probably a crimelord or murderer and hsi dark clothes and stance (his maniacal laugh) represents his character immediately. He seems like some sort of psycho. There is framed faces throughout the poster which shows there is alot of characters woven into the mystery, most with distressed facial expressions. The colours used in the poster is effective, the brash red title and the mysterious green background give the poster a very mysterious feel. The text 'Secrets bared in search of killer!' is a hook and is very interesting, leaving lots of questions in the audiences mind. Overall the poster leaves the audience knowing there is a mission to find a killer which involves a large mystery full of characters, so they know it will be a good film to watch.
This poster is fairly simple and outstanding. The title 'Inside Job' indicated there is some kind of deceit and treachery. The image of the gun indicates some sort of crime. The femme fatale on the poster is inbetween two nasty looking characters, she is in pink surrounding by black. This shows this character is in the middle of some sort of bad business, which is interesting and a hook. The three names on the top of the poster and predominant and must be big names, drawing in the audience.
