Brick

Brick
In class we watched and analysed a clip of the film Brick. The film uses various methods to display the thriller genre.
Conventions of a Thriller
The film starts with a shot of a boy looking at a dead body on the floor. This suggests the film is in the thriller genre.
Camera
Close up shot of the boys face at the start.
Shot-reverse shot between the boy and the dead girl on the ground.
Editing
It starts with a shot of the boy looking at something and then there is a shot of the dead body.
The two scenes are linked together with the hand.
The girl is alive in the next scene which suggests that it is a flashback as she was dead in the first scene.
The shot edits are of a medium length as they are not fast but are also not too slow.
Sound
Non-diegetic sound of the music in the background.
There is no dialogue in the opening scene.
Mise-En-Scene
The first scene seems to be near some sort of valley.
There is water running down the path which is going on and around the dead girl.