- Zooms up on red traffic light, focuses on that traffic light and then you can hear the ticker of the traffic light and then changes to a shot of the traffic. Then focuses on a green traffic light and waits for the ticker, then changes to a shot of traffic and so on. All the while you can hear traffic and people.
- This is interesting because these credits, to me, do not portray a thriller, because it just shows traffic lights and traffic. However the traffic could link in with a death, for example a car accident, possibly.
- However these opening credits create suspense as the audience wonder what is going to happen, are they building up to something? and in a way they do because its builds up to the blind man and how he causes disruption on the roads.
- Mise en scene is used as this opening clearly shows an urban setting, which is typical of a thriller.
Enigma Code:
- This opening raises many questions in the audiences' minds relating to the blind man: how did he become blind? Why did he became blind?
- Raises questions in the audiences' minds relating to the man that helped the blind man: Who is he? Does he know the blind man? Why has he decided to help the blind man? Is he a protagonist or antagonist? At this moment in time we believe him to be a protagonist because he has offered to help the blind man and take him home, but why is this?
Main Characters:
Blind Man:
- Chinese, late 20's, early 30's.
- Smartly dressed, black shirt with grey jacket. Was he going or coming from work?
- Seems like a normal guy, why has this happened to him?
- I fell sorry for the man because he must be confused as to what has happened to him and why.
- However he says 'Take me to my apartment and my wife can help me'. From this we now know he has a wife and that she can help him. Does this mean that he knows what is wrong with him? Is he embarrassed to say? Has it happened before? - Enigma code
Man who helped blind man:
- Male, late 30's, early 40's
- Casually dressed, white trousers, scruffy shirt and jacket, wearing sunglasses.
- Is he a doctor? A professional? He asks blind man questions about what is wrong with him and helps the blind man in saying that he doesn't think it is normal blindness because blindness is the absence of light and the blind man has the opposite. Does he know what he is talking about? How?
- Something seems odd about this man though, he repeats the fact that the man is blind. To a passer by ont he street he says 'He's blind, can't see' but we don't know why this is
- This man drives off in the car and leaves the blind man in the road, this creates suspense. At this moment in time we now believe him to be a villian as we think that he has stolen the car, however he comes back and yet again we believe him to be a protagonist.
- He doesn't ask the blind man for directions, therefore he must know where he lives and must know who the blind man is, unless this is something that the audience aren't being told yet, which would be an example of restricted narrative.
Camerawork:
- When blind man is in his car, with eyes shut, the shot is a little blurry but becomes clearer when he opens his eyes.
- This happens again when the blind man is left in the road, the shot blurs as a car comes towards him, creates suspense as the audience could think that something bad is going to happen. Could he get run over? I don't think this could represent the blind mans vision as in this shot we can still see things and the man is blind and can't see anything, therefore it wouldn't be a representation of his vision. If it were then it could possibly be an example of subjective narration.
Music/Sound:
- Music is played when the blindman is left in the street on his own. I think this is used to create suspense as the audience think that something is going to happen to him.
- In the opening credits, strong background noise is heard, emphasising the extent of the traffic and how busy the urban setting gets.
again, camerawork and editing?
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