The very first thing we see when we watch the film "Unthinkable" is a nervous man standing in a dirty and cream coloured room talking to a camera. The shot is edited so that the sound and picture quality is similar to that of a small handycam. In one of the clips, he says that his name is Steven Arthur Younger. He then changes his name to Yusef Artum Mohammed, which imediatly tells the audience that he is a musilm and that the way he is filming himself may suggest to the audience he is recording a suicide video. It is important to mention that he is stood in an empty room, and that because of the cream colour and camera quality it carries on with the convention of a thriller often not using many bright colours in a situation of danger and threat.
A black screen then appeared with silver writing for the opening credits. The text fades in and out, reminding me of the powerful text I saw in the credits in 'Silience of the Lambs'. Although the text enters the screen slightly differant in that film, it does have a similar effect to the audience. When the words 'Unthinkable' appear on the screen, they move towards you as the font becomes larger in the centre of the screen. This suggests that something awful is about to happen during the course of the film and it wants the audience to become fearful early on and wants to maintain this throughout the thriller. This is similar to 'Jaws' because it wants the audience to become scared of the giant shark until the end. In this film, the man in the cream room is the shark.
The film then cuts to people walking across busy streets in New York. They are wanted to be seen as every day people getting on with their lives. On screen silver text appears saying the word "Tuesday", which was similar to seven, in that in wants to tell the audience that events of film are going to happen over a few days. A woman is seen smiling at a child. The camera shows that she is wearing New York Police Department uniform with a gun under her jacket. This continues the convention of having a dangerous object in a peaceful area. The next scene shows the headquaters of the police department. The room has a mixture of gloomy colours with brighter shades, although it is important to remember that since the location is a work place, it wants to show that the police are hard working. The camera then shows a man holding black and white photographs of two witnesses. Again, this is another link to the merky colours found in many thrillers.
The film then shows the witnesses in their living room. The television is switch on, showing the news. It is talking about a shooting. Note the red bold colour fade on the television. This tells the audience that the man involved is a threat and tries to make them think that even if his character was a real person, they should not go near him.
A black screen then appeared with silver writing for the opening credits. The text fades in and out, reminding me of the powerful text I saw in the credits in 'Silience of the Lambs'. Although the text enters the screen slightly differant in that film, it does have a similar effect to the audience. When the words 'Unthinkable' appear on the screen, they move towards you as the font becomes larger in the centre of the screen. This suggests that something awful is about to happen during the course of the film and it wants the audience to become fearful early on and wants to maintain this throughout the thriller. This is similar to 'Jaws' because it wants the audience to become scared of the giant shark until the end. In this film, the man in the cream room is the shark.
The film then cuts to people walking across busy streets in New York. They are wanted to be seen as every day people getting on with their lives. On screen silver text appears saying the word "Tuesday", which was similar to seven, in that in wants to tell the audience that events of film are going to happen over a few days. A woman is seen smiling at a child. The camera shows that she is wearing New York Police Department uniform with a gun under her jacket. This continues the convention of having a dangerous object in a peaceful area. The next scene shows the headquaters of the police department. The room has a mixture of gloomy colours with brighter shades, although it is important to remember that since the location is a work place, it wants to show that the police are hard working. The camera then shows a man holding black and white photographs of two witnesses. Again, this is another link to the merky colours found in many thrillers.
The film then shows the witnesses in their living room. The television is switch on, showing the news. It is talking about a shooting. Note the red bold colour fade on the television. This tells the audience that the man involved is a threat and tries to make them think that even if his character was a real person, they should not go near him.
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