Group 22: Thriller film

Over the holidays we were asked to blog about a thriller film we have watched. I chose to look at the film Double Jeopardy, which is an action thriller based on a women being framed by her husband who fakes his own death to get rid of his wife and inherit the 2 billion dollar life insurance.
This film is an interesting film that has an element of surprise to it which makes it good to watch. The film is tense and is inspiring as Libby is on a mission to find her son and bring her husband to justice. The connotations of a thriller film are different to the type of film this thriller is. This shows that every thriller does not have to just be 'frightening' and can have an interesting plot.
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The film is seems very sweet and sinister until Libby wakes up on their new boat drenched in her husband’s blood. Her husband is nowhere to be found and the entire boat is covered in blood and hand/foot prints. They use various different types of shots to show her emotions and use close up shots to focus on her hands and the blood. As she gets out of bed the camera follows her up to the dock and occasionally shows us the scene from her point of view. The use of diegetic sound show us emphasises her breathing and suggests that she is scared, shocked and does not know what is going on.

Libby awakens drenched in her husband Nick's blood.

Camera scanning room showing blood all over the boat.

Blood on the floor, from Libby's point of view.

Libby walking through boat covered in his blood.

Chopping board filled with fruit and blood. No knife.

Blood on the stairs leading to the dock

On deck looking around, blood everywhere.

Blood on the floor along with knife. Libby's point of view.

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Mid-length view of whole boat and Libby.

My favourite part of the movie is the ending and the scenes leading up to the ending which are dramatic, tense and surprising. As the movie progresses the pace of the movie increases making it more exciting and builds tension. There are various types of shots and camera angles which also added to the tense mood and create a fast dramatic atmosphere.