Tuesday, 15 February 2011

Textual Analysis of an Opening to a Thriller

At the opening for Cape Fear it begins with tense fast music overlooking a lake or sea. As the clip continues the music becomes louder, powerful and deeper this is when a reflection of a eagle appears. The eagle is a symbol of a predator which leads the audience to predict that the character played by Robert de Niro is a killer.
Above is a reflection of an eye. This is a extreme close up of the eye which looks very worried and frightened of what’s going to happen next which keeps the audience/viewers intrigued to continue watching.

We assume the shadow is male. There is a essense of green in the water reflection urm this could represent the characters jealousy and envy. The hand is large and daunting, the hand could also suggest that his ‘coming to get you’.
The volume of the sound increases rapidly to cause an rise in tension for the audience. The blue suggests calm deep blue water contrasting with the violent red portraying the danger and fear of the film.  The teardrop in the red background tells us there will be blood sweat and tears involved.

Her eyes are strong and powerful, she is talking directly to the audience.

This human seems to be very manly as his quite tattoos, suggest his religious, however scales in the bible ‘eye for a eye, tooth for a tooth’ this shows that he is looking for revenge.

Stalin was a dictator and a leader. Shows character in film looks up to him and his skills in life.
                                    
The character played by Robert De Niro wants to be seen as a face of nature, as if he is unstoppable, the pathetic fallacy used shows a storm and lighting as he walks out of prison which represents something bad will happen.

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