Opening Sequences of Pschological Thrillers

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Orphan is a film about a family who decide to adopt anorphan shortly after Kate and Johns third child who was stillborn. Kate is also recovering from alcoholism because of thestill birth. The film follows the familys life after they adopt

Esther a girl who isolates herself from others and is notcompletely who she says she is.

Protagonist: In a sense each member of the family is theprotagonist at one point in the film and Esther uses each ofthe persons weakness against them in the film for her own

pleasure.Antagonist: Esther is the antagonist in this film, whos lifestory remains a mystery to the audience until the end of thefilm.


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The opening sequence of this film consists of thestillbirth of Kate and Johns third child. This gives somebackground information to the audience about the still

birth and how it has effected their lives, especially Kates.This automatically shows Kates weakness to theaudience and that Esther would use this weakness lateron in the film.


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Warner Bros Logo flashes fromblack to this UV colour. This isbecause later in the film Estherpaints pictures that havehidden meanings in them whenput under UV light.

Sound: slow paced and eeriemusic is happening at this time(non diegetic)


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Two shot of Kate and John,audience are immediatelyshown the protagonists in thefilm.

Sound: diegetic sounds, John isspeaking to Kate saying yourdoing great..your doing sowell which suggests to theaudience that Kate is pregnantand possibly in labour, whichalso gives location of a hospital.

Lighting: High Key lightingthat covers parts of Johns facethis shows that it is a dream or a

memory because characters arenot fully in focus.


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Establishing shot to show theaudience that they are in ahospital, and it also shows thatKate is pregenant.

Sound: diegetic sounds, John isspeaking to the receptionistasking for a specific doctor.

Lighting: High Key lighting,still suggests that they are in adream because not everyone is

in full focus.


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Close up of Kate looking at herhand, shows the audience that

something is wrong with thebaby.

Sound: non diegetic music,slow and builds up as Katelooks at her hand and whenshot cuts to show blood on thewheelchair. Kate is now silentwhen she looks at her hand.

Lighting: High Key lighting


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Arial shot of blood trail to showthe audience that there is aproblem with the baby

Sound: non diegetic sounds,eerie music which hascrescendo from previous shots.Diegetic sounds of Katepanting.

Lighting: High Key lighting sothat audience are able to seeeverything clear in the shot.

The red of the blood also standsagainst the white of everythingelse so audience attention isdrawn to it.


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Close up of Kate lying onoperating table. Shows herreaction of not putting her tosleep while the doctors take outher dead child

Sound: Kate screaming fromthe pain and from finding outher child has died (diegeticsounds)

Lighting: High Key Lighting onKate, seems like a spot lightbecause surrounding areas of

Kate is dark compared to herface


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Long shot of Kate screaming, sothat audience are able to seewhat is happening to her, tounderstand where the pain iscoming from. This createsempathy for the audience.

Sound: diegetic sounds, Kate screamingfrom the pain. Kates screaming cancause distress to the audience becausewe can see the blood going into a jar so itfeels like we are going through the painwith her. There is also some non diegetic

music in the background which is low

Lighting: Low Key Lighting butKate is lit up, like a spot light sothe audience attention is fixed

on her. Lights are also meltingbehind Kate when she screamsso some things are out of focus.When she stops screaming thelight go back to normal.


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Mid shot of doctor holdingdead baby to Kate, this createsdiscomfort to the audience asthey are being exposed to adead child covered in blood.

Sound: diegetic sounds of the doctorspeaking to Kate and baby crying. Kateis also screaming at the site of her chid.The screaming causes discomfort to theaudience.

Lighting: Low Key Lightingwith a couple of lights thatreflect off the white sheets and

doctors outfits in the room. Thered of the baby stands outagainst the white of the roomso that the audience attentionis drawn to the baby


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Close Up of Kates face as sheopens her eyes. This is to showthe audience that it was adream.

Sound: silence at this moment whichcontrasts to the previous scene ofscreams.

Lighting: Low Key Lightingwhich is a contrast to theprevious scene


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Plot

Black Swan is a film about a girl named Nina who is aballet dancer and her fight to be the lead in SwanLake. This is because Thomas (director) wants

someone who can portray both the white and blackswan, and Nina was only good at portraying the whiteswan. The film follows her journey of becoming theperfect black swan and tackling the many differentproblems and hallucinations along the way.

Protagonist/Antagonist: Nina is both in the moviebecause her mind plays on her weakness and uses itagainst herself


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Opening Sequence

The opening sequence of this film consistsNina dancing in Swan Lake, which tells the

audience what the film is based around. Thesound is diegetic and is music from SwanLake.


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Close Up of Ninas feet as she isdancing, this shows theaudience that the film is aboutBallet

Sound: Swan Lake music, live orchestrawhich suggest that the audience iswatching a live show.

Lighting: Low Key Lighting


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Two shot of Nina and otherdancer on stage. Even thoughthis is part of the performancethe black character representsNinas personalities within thefilm as the darkness inside ofher takes over her purepersonality.

Sound: Swan Lake music, live orchestrawhich suggest that the audience iswatching a live show.

Lighting: Low Key Lightingwith spotlight to show that they

are in a performance.


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Close Up of Nina as she iswaking up. This is the first timethe audience get to fully seeNina.

Sound: Swan Lake music fading out toshow that it is the end of that show andtoday is a new day.

Lighting: Low Key Lighting toshow Nina is just waking up

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