Powerpoint on the film opening

2. Basic Information
 Director - Jaume Collet-Serra
 Stars - Liam Neeson, Diane Kruger and January
Jones
 Made in 2011
 Budget - $30,000,000

3. Camerawork
 Midshots used to show the couples
relationship
 Crane wide angle follows car showing
golden statue
 Close up of hands when they hold hands
emphasizes their love
 Point of view shots when he wakes up
 Camera shows sunrise then moves
through the window to show the couple on
the plane

4. Editing
 Fast paced editing is used during the car crash
scene
 Slow motion is used to show the transition
between the main protagonists heart stopping
after the crash and him coming round out of
the coma and waking up, helping to show the
audience a change of state
 Editing speeds up while he is panicking in the
taxi before the crash
 Parallel editing used to show links between his
wife with his wife and when he is waking up
from a coma

5. Sound
 Sound deliberately starts of harmonious which
is used to confuse the audience and contrasts
the rest of the opening of the film
 After the motorbike accident the dramatic
music suddenly switches to a fast paced
heartbeat, this emphasizes and helps to
represent that the protagonists life is on the
line
 Sonically enhanced sound when the car
crashes through the bridge wall
 Muffled sounds underwater
 Action backing track keeps audience on edge
– non diegetic

6. Mise en Scene
 Weather at start is an aggressive heavy
snowstorm which foreshadows the
danger ahead
 Bright lighting when showing the couple
 Dark lighting after he wakes up
 Bright and happy sunrise in first scene
on the plane