1. Our opening shows differences in status, class, age and many others
through different techniques we used.

2.  Class and status are two very different things.To have a
high status you don’t have to be high class.This is seen in
films like ‘Ill Manors’ where the cockney drug addicts rule
the streets. Our main character has an East End accent
and clearly has the highest status in the scene, he is always
at a higher level and the ‘boss’ character, with a cockney
accent, begs him to kill him.This is seen though the up
shot used and also the various shots only showing his body
parts which highlights that he is close to the camera for
example – his hand grabbing the glass and bat in the shot.
This is a big part of the thriller genre.The battle of status
between characters can always be seen in the genre of
thriller.

3.  The element of age in the shot also highlights
status.The young girl is immediately sat on a
lower level with the man above her and the
camera looking down on her.We had her
clutching the big teddy bear to highlight her
insecurity.Also the short amount of time she
has on camera again highlights her lack of
status in this scene as her prevalence is low.
Also, she is looking up at the other characters
highlighting her lack of importance in society.

4.  The use of the bloodied bat appearing in the
shots highlights the underworlds use of violence
to sort things rather than the modern way of
‘talking.’The genre of thriller always has
violence, however what stops it from being a
horror or action, is we don’t see this act of
violence. It is left to the imagination. It
highlights that whilst they may have status
amongst each other through violence, their
status is extremely low compared to those who
are educated, etc.