In the first shot, tension was built by showing an overview of the security office to give the audience an idea of what is in the room. This portrayed through a dimly lit room so the audience was forced to focus on the TV screen. I believe that the film is about 'unseen crime' and how many crimes can easily be missed (such as the one in this clip) so therefore many criminals get away with the crime they have committed.
In this clip, one very effective feature is that the whole two minute clip is filmed in just one shot. Throughout this shot, it slowly pans around the room which builds up tension as you as an audience are anxious to know what is about to happen. This effect is used in many films where the person opens a closet, and the audience expect someone to be there but there isn't, and when the closet is shut the 'ghost' is standing behind them. Therefore this pan was designed to create tension, to a relaxed moment and suddenly to huge shock where the audience don't expect it.
The first shots on the security cameras see innocent people (but the audience don't know that at this point) walk through the street. The audience believe that something bad will happen in these scenes however it does not. The camera then slowly pans around to the right where is starts to slowly zoom in on a security camera. This effect is designed to fool the audience into believing that there is something interesting about to happen on this screen, however nothing happens. Because of this the audience relax as the camera slowly pans around once more, little do they know the crime will happen on this next camera. Before the camera shows the crime. it follows the security guard up his body, showing a bored and dull expression which isn't interesting for the audience so he is quickly ignored as the camera continues.
The music in this clip also plays a huge part about building up tension. The music is tense and tells the mind of the audience to 'expect' something bad to happen throughout this scene, which it does, however it does not give any clues away to when that may be. The crime isn't scary, however it is a shock to the audience therefore living up to the genre of the piece being a 'thriller'. I believe that the attack of the woman is to set up the rest of the plot of the film as 'unseen crime'. My suggestion of the film being about 'unseen crime' is made more realistic as the criminals were clearly not experts at this as they did not do the crime in a blind spot to the camera which suggests the film will focus more on the unseen part of crime.
Over all this beginning to a thriller builds tension from the beginning due to the build up of music to a let down to a sudden shock as well as the slow panning camera and fooling the audience. Therefore I believe this clip was successful in what it set out to do.
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