Zodiac - 10 Min Extract

For this film we had to identify the conventions of a thriller and how are the characters are introduced. We studied a 10 minute extract.
Zodiac:
Conventions:

• Being based on a true story where the killer was never brought to justice
• The shock of the crackers to open the film, this had a futre reference as the crackers sound like gunshots
• The inability to act from the antagonistic enigma

Camera:

• No fast movements

Editing:

• Slowed editing 
• Parell shots
• Low key lighting added in the editing stage

Mise-en-scene:

• Black car, blending it into the background
• Was set on the 4th of July (American Independence Day)
• The car was placed on its own

Sound:

• Contrapuntal music
• Squealing tires, indication a rush. This may give a suggestion to who the killer is