My Genre 1: Thriller

Now You See Me 

Cinematography: 

When we first watch the opening sequence to now you see me, we see mainly extreme close ups of the man performing the tricks, and example of this is when the male is showing a card trick to the female, we see that the camera work is mainly focused on his face and the cards, by using a close up here, the director isn't giving too much information away to the audience such as, where they are and who they're with, this is creating a sense of tension as you want to carry on watching to find out more about the movie. We then see a extreme long shot when the trick is reaveled to the audience, the extreme long shot can be also used as an establishing shot as it is showing that it is New York city, the Director has now shown the location, this can be telling us that the rest of the movie is set here, or that he is here on a holiday of some sort, the establishing shot does create alot of questions in the audiences minds, such as to why are they there and what is going on. After this we then see a high angled shot on the audiences reaction, the high angle shot could be representing that the magic act performer has a higher sense of respect now, compared to what he had before. After this we then see a zoom out of the poster of the next performer, this is showing that the two magicians could possibly be related in some way, or that he is going to perform a magic trick also. 

Close up of the actors face, emphasising that the location remains a secret
and that the clip is going to be fully focused on him.

Editing

In the opening sequence it is slow paced editing, this is shown when the actors are talking to the audience, the slow paced editing may be used to may sure that the viewers of the film are going to understand what's going on in the scene, and are able to fully focus on what the man is saying, this is shown in the card trick part at the beginning as he is talking it is slow paced, however as the end of the "magic trick"  is getting closer the pace of the editing increases, this is showing that the action is increasing as well as the tension of what is happening. The Director has done this so that us as the audience is drawn into the  movie already, and that we are going to know that it will take allot of concentrating to understand what is going on. We then see a shot reverse shot when the next man is performing my hypnotising the wife, when the husband and the hypnotist are talking there is use of, shot reverse shot. The shot reverse shot is used to show the facial expressions of how the husband is reacting to what the hypnotist is saying, in this case we can see that the actor appears surprised  the editing has been purposely done this way so we get a good understanding of what's going on and how each of the peformers (Magicians) have their unique capability, this then draws the audience in, so that they want to continue watching the clip.

This is the shot reverse shot that is used in the opening sequence.

Sound

In the clip now you see me sound is used to show tension and build curiosity of the audience, we can see this as a sting is almost used when the act of the magic trick was coming to an end, which is then building tension to see the magic trick when it is revealed to the audience, the sting stops, the effect of this is that it is telling us that something is happening which we should focus on. Also the sound track that we hear is non-diegetic sound, and is high pitch and slow paced to begin with, however as the trick happens we hear drums and the sounds pace picks up, almost to relate to how the audience is feeling about the trick. The dialogue used by the Magician, is a calm tone, compared to the audience, who have a high pitched voice to show that they are excited for the trick.

Showing the Magician and the audiences voice differences

Mis-en-scene

In the clip from Now You See Me, we see that the costumes the characters are wearing are casual, so their not dressed up for any special occasion, showing that it may just be a street show, the lighting used is natural lighting, because it isn't a bright atmosphere however it isn't low key lighting either, we see that the setting is set in a town which looks to be as though it is New York, we can see this because of the tall buildings in the backgrounds, the fact that it is possibly set in New York suggests that it might be a street show, I think that the Director has chosen this specific location because it is busy, and the opening sequence suggests that it is going to be about performing tricks, so the setting is purposely New York. The props used are the cards, the cards are important to the clip, as they are showing what the character specialises in. The prop of the cards also helps the audience to tell us what type of character he is and what his personality is like. However when we see the next clip it is day time, and there is use of high key lighting, this tells us that the clip is set in a completely different location, and the prop of the board with the mans name on it suggests that he maybe trying to promote his tricks, compared to the street performer

The Prop of the Cards in focus.

 The prop of the sign which is used by the second man.

Opening sequence clip

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