Thriller Analysis: Out of Class

Sleepy Hollow:

Sleepy Hollow is a thriller directed by Tim Burton in 1999 . Sleeopy Hollow is about a policeman sent from New York to go to a hidden town that is including an investigation of the suspicious murders that have occurred.

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The opening sequence of 'Sleepy Hollow', that starts in a busy, bright and beautiful town that is then transitioned into a place of Dark, Dingy colourless setting. Furthering on the opening begins with one character who is played by Johnny Depp, that is travelling. Adding on to this the opening starts of very mysterious, with the idea of them trying to raise a lot of different questions for the audience. 

The titles that appear in the extract: 

• Johnny Depp
• Christina Ricci 
• Sleepy Hollow
• Miranda Richardson 
• Michael Gambon
• Casper Van Dien
• Jeffrey Jones
• Christopher Lee
• Richard Griffiths, Ian McDiarmid
• Michael Gough, Marc Pickering
• Lisa Marie, Steven Waddington
• Casting By Ilene Starger,k Susie Figgis
• Co Producer Kevin Yaghek
• Music By Danny Elfman
• Costume Designer Colleen Atwood
• Edited By Chris Lebenzon
• Production Designer Rick Heinrichs
• Director of Photography Emmanuel Lubezki A.S.C, A.M.C
• Executive Producer Francis Ford Coppola 
• Executive Producer Larry Franco
• Based Upon the Story The Legend Of Sleepy Hollow By Washington Irving 
• Screen Story By Kevin Yagher and Andrew Kevin Walker 
• Screenplay By Andrew Kevin Walker
• Produced By Scott Rudin, Adam Schroeder
•  Directed By Tim Burton

Camera:

Sleepy Hollow firstly uses camera to allow a shot of a long shot of the scenery come together with a mid shot of the main character of who is played by Johnny Depp and has the name of Ichabod Crane. This type of shot is an establishing shot to allow the audience of the location, and how the dark colouring almost adds to the affect on the shot that is being shown. The establishing shot adds the effect to the image of how dark, dingy and creepy the whole feel of the film is. Furthering on this, by having this thought you can get the idea of mystery being portrayed. In the shot their is also text covering over the top to imply the important role that was taken place during the production of the film and maybe a name for most to come to terms with as it is a high up person. The idea of person who is higher up, is to mean that there character is alot more important over another allowing the audience to get the idea of who they should be following through the film. Adding this altogether it implies that the character is back in a familiar place, as if he's been their before and is coming terms with how it may look with their being either a massive change or the area is still looking the same after the long time away.

Sound:

The sound that occurs In this extract is the continuous musical harmony that almost sounds very mysterious with the low tones that build up at different moments of time. Sound in the extract builds up a lot of suspense and high hopes for what is to come next. The idea of sound maybe used to foreshadow the ease of travelling to the town of Sleepy Hollow, however when Ichabod Crane gets their it will be a turn of events that change everything. The sound used allows this to be foreshadowed through the tones and pitches to make it represent the strange and peculiar events that happen their, from one murder to another.

Mise – En- Scene:

Mise - En - Scene is allowing a look on the location, where everything is being set during the filming. In this bit you can see locations of forestry woods that indicate that the film is like no other with the magical feel to it. This is showing a glimpse of the wonderful magical side of everything, but still keep the film gripping with the hint of mystery. Locations like this may of been used to allow the film to stand out compared to others with the places that are very original and different.

Editing:

Editing is where the film comes together as a whole and the clips that were filmed finally make sense when they are put next to each other. An ellipses of time was used to show parts of the journey for the character of Ichabod Crane had to take to get to Sleepy Hollow, however it only included the important parts as the ellipses of time means that you can leave parts of the story out which are useless and boring as long as the rest still makes sense. By adding an ellipsis of time it quickly forwards through to make sure that the audience doesn't loose any interest in the film. This maybe to suggest that how it would of been boring for not only the audience but the character of Ichabod Crane as well if had to be in the horse and carriage for 5 hours when filming, when only they used about 4 minuets of it. An ellipses of time provides you with the joy and relief of not having to sit through it as well as quickly getting to the drama and crime, and also seeing why he is in the place he has ventured to sleepy hollow.