Analysis of A grade thriller - 'TORN'

This thriller opens with a small establishing shot of a visually normal house, however the music seems to suggest otherwise. The music is a very sinister, high pitched tone that creates suspense and mystery from the get go. The camera stops in front of the door and the large, san-serif text 'BLUE MOON CINEMA' appears in the middle of the screen, making the film look professional and sleek. As soon as the text leaves the screen, the scene starts straight away. 
From as soon as the main character comes out his front door, the scene continues to show spooky flashbacks of dolls, doll faces, doll bodies, doll hair, all the way throughout the scene. The first time these spooky images appear, it suggests curiosity and mystery as the audience will be wanting to know what relevance they have to the narrative. It suggests that this character has a hidden side to him, and that the whole movie may give the audience closure on what the main character is doing with these dolls. The music rises just as the flashbacks appear on screen, adding suspense to the scene. 
All flashback scenes are black and white, which contrast to the coloured image of the rest of the film, this adds to the thriller genre as typically, black and white add suspense to the scene, and could create curiosity for the audience, it also separates the images from the present time and what the male character is doing in his garage, which also links to the dolls. This paints a very clear view of the direction that the film is going in, and that the full narrative would expand more after the ending of the opening sequence, and would include the main character and his seemingly huge obsession with dolls.

Around 20 seconds into the scene, you see the main character approach a gate to his back garden, however he suspiciously looks around him, maybe seeing if anyone is looking at him. This creates mystery and suspense and will give the audience narrative enigmas like 'why doesn't he want anyone to see him?' 'Where is he going?' 'Who is he?' 'What is he doing?' All which puts the audience on the edge of their seats.

All the text used is white San serif font, telling the audience who is involved in the movie, the simplicity of the titles draws the attention onto the scene itself and encourages the audience to pay attention to what the character(s) are doing rather than the intricacy of the titles. 
There is then many close up shots of the character going through the gate, there is a low angle close up of his foot, a close up of his hand unlocking the gate, and another close up as he walks through the other side. The music is still eery and thriller based, however as he opens the gate there is the diegetic sound of him unlocking it, this sound has been amplified to add suspense, as well as the sound of the gravel cracking underneath his feet, and shutting the gate.
The flashback images begin to appear much more often, and faster as he approaches his garage door, again sparking narrative enigma as well as keeping the audience on the edge of their seats as it is clear that the character is shifty and up to something, and whatever that is is about to be revealed behind the door. As soon as the character enters the room, the music changes dramatically. Instead of the spooky, high pitched tone sounds that were playing, the music is now jumpy and very different, it kind of makes the character look abnormal and the audience will wonder what this music has to do with the narrative. The music becomes string based, including violins, and sounds like something you'd hear in a psych film, circus or again, a thriller, therefore is suitable to the scene, however it may spark questions like 'what does this music have to do with this scene?'.

When in the shed, there is a pan shot where you eventually get to see what the character is doing at the desk, and throughout the rest of the shot he gets to work on the dolls that have been shown in flashbacks from the start. This portrays the character in a dark and eery light, as the audience will be thinking 'why is he doing that?'. The shots that come next are close ups of his hands, banging the hammer on the dolls, shaping them into what he wants them to look like. The film uses a range of shots throughout the rest of the film, including close ups, extreme close ups, pans, over the shoulder shots and long shots, all creating tension and making the piece look as professional as possible, as well as the editing that solves continuity problems, and makes the scene flow much more professionally. Towards the end of the piece, the music becomes higher in pitch, coming to a crescendo, exciting the audience and preparing for the whole narrative to start. The thriller has a few lines of dialogue to end the scene, which are starters that would proceed onto the full thriller movie, they hold the audience captive and again, spark questions that eventually should be answered throughout the course of the entire film.