Main Task- New Thriller Deconstruction- Girl, Interrupted

Once the production company has come up the music starts, at first it sounds high pitched and is played at a low level, which makes it eerie sounding. A melody then starts and it ends up sounding quite happy and peaceful. This could be chosen because it is contrapuntal and would possibly confuse the audience as to what genre the film actually is. The camera tilts and a close up of one of the protagonists is seen on the screen. The lighting is quite dark but you can see that she is upset about something. The mise en scene is very bare and it looks like she is in a ware-house type place. The camera continues to tilt down until another protagonist comes onto the screen. She has a cut on her forehead that is bleeding and she is lying in the other girl’s lap, showing the she could be injured. She has tears in her eyes and also appears upset by something. Her hair is messy and her makeup has rubbed off. From what you can see, they are wearing quite plain clothes. The shot changes to another character who is sat in the corner behind a metal pipe. She is sobbing to herself and holding a cat. She has scarring on her face and is dressed similarly to the others. The cat jumps off her lap and she watches it walk away. The shot changes again to the cat jumping up to go in front of a window. The weather outside is gloomy and bleak looking. There are some trees but they have no leaves on them, which tells us that it is winter. The camera goes back to the first girl who is also watching the cat. The music continues and although the melody seems quite cheerful, the lyrics aren’t. Towards the end of the clip, a voiceover begins of a woman talking herself and the audience. There is little diegetic sound used in this clip, which is of the girl sobbing but there is mainly non-diegetic sound used; music and the voiceover. The titles used in this opening look like it’s been hand-written, like a diary. It makes it interesting because the title is ‘Girl, Interrupted’ and sometimes when you’re writing, it’s possible to be interrupted by other things going on around you.