Product Research - "Flight Plan"

I have decided to look at the four minutes of the opening sequence to "Flight Plan", a psychological thriller. "Flight Plan" is about the loss of a leading characters husband and disappearance of her daughter and how this has effected her behaviour psychologically.



There are many techniques that have been used in the opening sequence of the movie, that can also be linked into the opening of our group production. These techniques include:-

1. Editing
2. Sound
3. Setting
4. Psychological problems

I will be looking closely at these techniques due to the findings from, audience research. The editing is fast in between the shots which builds up tension, however the way in which the credits have been shown to the viewers is by the diegetic sound of the train in the background. The type of editing used are dissolve and cuts. The audience become confused, and start to think that they are being shown the movement of a characters mind (psychological problems). We can also use this technique in the opening sequence of our psychological thriller, this should show the use of the the biblical reference or even the flash backs that we have decided to include. The type of editing that we could use is dissolve, as this would make the audience think that there is a connection between the two shots.

During the scene the audience are shown different settings, one which in at the station, and the other is in a room were we can see a coffin. The settings change due to the editing, which confuses the audience as they start to think that they are bring shown two different personalities of the leading character, or even what has happened in the past. Within the station there are no other people to be seen, the audience become worried. The lighting is also very dark which could symbolise the characters memory. Whereas in the other scene there are other people that can be seen which could be representing the thoughts, the memories.

As a group we have come up with idea for our opening sequence, which involve having one character, but two personalities. In the opening sequence of "Flight Plan" the audience also get the impression of seeing two different personalities of one character.