The title of the film is on a plain black background in a contrasting white font. The letters are in capitals and the style of font is quite sophisticated. This title appearance is a reoccurring theme in thriller films. The way that the title is presented is as if it is shrinking and going further back into the darkness to then fade to nothing. This could represent the dissapearance of Emily, the fact that it fades into the darkness until it is no longer there could relate to Emily's death with her life being no longer there. The fact that the title is shown on its own, after a shot of Emily's hand putting a note in the locker could suggest that she relates to the word 'Brick', that she is behind whatever it means and that she is the main focus of the film. It also suggests that this is the last time we see her when she is alive as it is shown after she leaves the scene.
The overall settings are in an urban environment. The setting are gradually revealed in the first scene, showing extreme close ups of the main character and then an establishing shot of the location in which the scene is in. The location is in a a storm drain which has an unwelcoming atmosphere, being hidden and at a lower level therefore it is covered by a shadow from the surrounding walls. We see a contrast of lighting in the scene as the upper ground is bright and sunny and the strom drain is dark and dull. The establishing shot uses the rule of thirds, Brendon being on the left side of the grid, Emily on the right and the tunnel in the centre. The effect of this makes us drawn to this large dark tunnel - it is visualy gripping. As the inside of the tunnel is pitch black, it makes the atmosphere feel uneasy as we are unable to see what is beyond these drains. The drain itself is dirty and not seen too, it is a location which is unlikely to have seen any other movement or life apart from the flowing stream. The next location we are shown is inside of a school. We know this because we are shown rows of students lockers. There is also old, flattened chewing gum on the floor which shows these are young teenagers. The fact that there is alot of gum suggests that there are alot of students reinforcing why it is such a big space.
In the first seen, we see close ups showing parts of Emily. Her skin looks quite dirty aswell as her shoes. The fact that they are muddy makes us wonder why are they in this state. Overall, she is dressed nicely, wearing small healed shoes, a skirt and what seems to be a jumper, however all her clothes look filthy and ruined. Because she is dressed nicely but covered in dirt suggests that what ever got her in this state was unexpected. She is wearing bright blue bangles which clashes with the plain colours of her outfit making them stand out. I think that the creators have chosen to include this contrasting choice of jewellery because it identifies her to the audience as her face is covered by her hair, so it is not clear what she looks like. The fact that these bangles appear quite qwerky and bright reflects the fact that she is a young student. In the next scene in the school, all we are shown is an arm putting a letter through a locker. We can see that on the wrist is the same bangles and also the same jumper therefore we automaticaly can identify these features to work out that it is the same girl that was lying dead in the storm drain in the previous scene. Her jumper is clean when she is posting the note but it is filthy in the scene before. This choice of costume helps tell the story and allows us to realize that the first scene is in the present and the last scene was in the past.
Camera work is used in Brick to cause curiosity. In the first scene we are shown restricted shots of Emily. We only see key parts of her body highlighting the fact that she is filthy and in a bad state, this causes questions such as who is she and why is she like this. Extreme close ups are used in the first shots of Brendon, showing his emotion and devistation. Close ups are also used to focus on certain props which are key parts of the film as they are clues which help solve what has happened to Emily. For example we are shown a close up shot of a cigarette with an arrow on it, there is a reason why we are shown this. It makes us wonder who it belongs to and was Emily in the car that it came out of.
Title and font style
Story – and how the opening sets the story up
Genre (thriller) – and how the opening suggests it
How any characters are introduced
Any special effects (or a particular shot you really like)
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