Student Film Analysis Three (Thriller)

The third film I am analysing is called Impunity

Once again this film has a lot of thriller conventions that make it succesful but it still has some issues that the other films also had.

This film is very continuous, it starts telling a story from the off set and continues with it through the whole opening, this makes it feel more like an opening all together. It introduces the characters and gives us an idea of whats to come. Having the man running down the stairs for a lot of it builds suspense as it makes the audience want to know where he is going and why is it so important, as he didn't wait for the lift. The close up on the bag at the start makes the audience think that it is going to be important so makes them look out for it at the start, it also doesn't show the owner of the bag's face, this could imply that he is going to be the antagonist of the piece as it is a convention of thriller films that the antagonist stays hidden and the protagonist is trying to unmask them. There is some good camera work in this film, ther are a lot of pan and tracking shots used. Sometimes in student films these can be tricky to do well but for the most part in this film they were consistant in speed and were steady.

There is a lot of noise in this film, this mixed with the high tempo loud music makes it hard to listen to and follow, by using the foley effect the makers could have muted the clips and later added the sound to make it easier to listen to and sound more professional. The credits start off well, the production companies and the main actors names are shown at the right time but then no other credits are given, this is bad as it not only doesn't fit the thriller genre it doesn't fit film openings as a whole. In the car park scene there is a light behind the protagonists head which causes some glare on the camera, this makes it hard to see and understand whats going on. To make things clear they could have rotated the scene slightly so the light wouldn't have caused glare but still maintained the 180 degree rule. They could have also moved the scene, a car park is a connom setting in a thriller film but they could have done it somewhere like a warehouse or alley way and it still would have fit the genre but it might have just made it easier to film and for the audience to understand.