Analysis of Snatch

How is the Mise-en-scene typical to the Thriller Genre?

 

The mise-en-scene used in the opening of this thriller is very typical to the thriller genre. This is because the whole of the opening is filled with tension and pulls the audience in. All of the camera work works really well and effectively. There are a lot of graphic matches used to fit the different clips together, this shows that all the characters link to the story line. This adds a sense of mystery; this is typical to the thriller genre. Thrillers usually have a lot of mystery in them - it keeps the audience guessing.

 

The costume and props fit very well with the thriller genre. Things like weapons and jewellery are shown and these props fit with the genre because the jewellery may be stolen, but the facial expression shown when the man holds the jewellery tells us that he probably didn't buy it from a jewellers. His facial expression is sinister, he looks evil but pleased with himself. So the jewellery tells us that some type of crime(s) may be committed.

 

The gun tells us that there will most likely be violence in this film, violence is a typical convention of the thriller genre and so these props are typical to the thriller genre. The camera angles in the opening sequence of the film Snatch are quite close up and they tend to show the expressions of the characters faces. Most of the time they are smiling in a sinister way and the lighting is dark. Darkness is associated with evil and their smiles also look evil so this seems typical to the thriller genre. 

 

The typography in this opening looks western. Cowboys are from the west and so we can associate the typography with crime. Cowboys stereotypically use weapons and they also fight, so this tells us we can expect violence and so this is typical to the thriller genre.