In the opening shot of Sin City you get a tracking shot up the body of a girl, and in our thriller we have a similar opening because we do the same tracking shot up our characters to body to get a sense of what the character is like and what they are wearing and finishing with a close up of their face shows the audience what the character looks like, and engages the audience into the character's emotion.
In the movie Heat they use a lot of over the shoulder shots, and in our thriller opening we have used a lot of these sort of shots to create the feeling of panic our character is feeling and also the sense of being watched.
In Pschyo when Marion has runaway after stealing the money, and she is in her car she has very expressive facial expressions. You can tell what she is thinking through her expressions, and in our thriller opening we want to create this because our character is very scared of the thought of being stalked, and once bumping into her stalker we want the character/actor to look extremely panicked. We want to create the looks Marion has in the car, because they are very effective within the mise-en-scene.
Good identification of what you wnat to achieve - use these notes in your evaluation.
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