Today I watched the opening scene of ‘A History of Violence’, we are introduced to the two main charactors, one wearing a black suit in the middle of a desert, while the other in more appropriate t-shirt and shorts. This instantly contrasts one another as the man in the black suit is instantly seen as the antagonist- a cliche in the thriller genre.
The two men were casual in their way of talking, moving and body language, almost too exaggerated in their casualness which builds suspense as we want to know what's happening, and frustration at their exaggerated slowness.
There was hardly any sound at all in the opening, there was little speech with only the sound of crickets as a background buzz. The car radio is turned on momentarily but then switched off when a western folk song begins to play.
The two men were casual in their way of talking, moving and body language, almost too exaggerated in their casualness which builds suspense as we want to know what's happening, and frustration at their exaggerated slowness.
There was hardly any sound at all in the opening, there was little speech with only the sound of crickets as a background buzz. The car radio is turned on momentarily but then switched off when a western folk song begins to play.
The camerawork was rather simple; panning, mid shots, over the shoulder shots and close ups. It was very slow moving, almost exaggerated which built suspense and kept the audience guessing what was happening or what had happened. The audience pieces everything together really slowly which then builds more anticipation and tension.
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