Opening of a Thriller - `Swordfish`

In the opening scene of the action thriller “Swordfish”, we see Gabriel Shear (John Travolta) giving a monologue to the camera. The camera switches between mid-shot to close up, to an extreme close up. The scene starts with a quick flash up of Travolta in a close up as he starts his monologue. The camera angles, changing between many different angles rapidly, all focusing on different sides of his face. This links in with the thriller genre of quick, rapid editing. The camera seems to be very handheld, as it uses a close up to focus on the cigar that Travolta lights. The angle then rapidly switches to a long shot in which you see two silhouetted men that Travolta is talking to. This adds tension to the audience as they want to know who these people are. Every so often there is a slight blur of the Travolta speaking which gives us, the audience a slight glimpse of the back round, which leaves the audience to try and piece together where he is sat. The way Travolta constantly is waving his hand using gestures and his eye contact is away from the camera shows he is talking to somebody else and not us.

In conclusion, I would believe we, as a group we could use the aspect of the quick flashy editing, rapidly changing angles to give tension to the audience our thriller is based for. We may also use the close up of certain objects, like the cigar used in Swordfish. Also, use the blur too or keep the background to a minimal in the shots to keep the audience guessing where we are and why are we here.