I am writing a case study on a film director named David Flincher who is an American film maker. He is well known for his dark thriller movies such as Seven, The Game, Zodiac, Panic Room and Fight Club. He received a an academy award nomination for best director for his film in 2008. I will be looking at 4 of his films Seven, The game, Fight Club and Panic Room. After have looking at all 4 opening sequences, they have engaged me to watch them all as all the openings are very appealing.
Seven
The opening of seven is very appealing to the audience and creates a build up of tension and suspense for the audience. It is a very dark setting with deep hollow, creepy music which makes the opening more tensed. The sub-genre of this film is horror-thriller which can be easily seen, as it is set in a dark environment and the events that occur in the opening are the type of events that happen in a horror thriller. Also the film comes across suspicious and mysterious as we only see the characters hands and not the character itself.
The Game
The game is another thriller film of David Fincher, which is different to 'seven' as it is not set in a dark environment and it does not seem as creepy and the music isn't as tensed. The background music does show that it is a thriller and as the opening is running the music sounds quite suspicious and tensed and it tells us that something bad is going to happen. It can seem quite creepy at times and seems like a film that would make you jump and get your heart pounding but it doesn't look as scary and creepy as seven and I think that 'The Game' is more of an action thriller due to the fact there are a lot of characters and scenes where there are guns and cars involved.
Fight Club
Fight Club is another Action Thriller film by David Fincher. This film is totally different to a horror thriller it has no elements at all of creepy, scary, tensed scenes like in seven. It is a very violent film with lots of action. From the opening of the film you can tell straight away that it is an action thriller by the sound of the music, where the film is set and the voices of the characters.
Panic Room
The film 'Panic Room' is another of David Fincher films, Panic Room is also an action thriller sub genre. The opening is quite effective especially the way the opening titles are presented. You can tell that it is an action thriller as the opening is set in a city and the lighting is quite bright which suggests an action film, as most action films are set in the city and horror thrillers would be set in a dark and tensed environment. The music is a little tensed, it keeps on building up and the sound of the music suggests that something bad will happen.
Comparison
After having looked at the opening of all four films, I think that they are all quite similar in terms of sub-genre. Panic Room, Fight Club and The Game are all action thrillers with background music that shows something bad is going to happen in the film. On the other hand Seven is quite different to the other films and the opening of the films, it is more of a horror thriller and the audience can see this straight away from the opening as it is very mysterious and set in a dark and gloomy environment.
In the opening of Panic Room, Fight Club and The Game it comes across as quite interesting and rearing to go to find out what happens, it gives the audience a gush of excitement but at the same time a nail biting wait however with Seven the opening makes the audience feel tensed and expecting something gruesome and scary, making it heart pounding for them as they know that something scary or sick will happen as it is a horror film.
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