What role camera shots play in a Film Noire Opening Scene ?

One of the main techniques that makes a successful thriller film is the use of complex camera shots at the start, first of all to gain attention of those who are watching, but also mostly to create suspense of the next coming scenes. A dramatic opening is what builds the noire and scary imagery on the watcher’s mind, therefore what happens is the camera takes shots, which connotes the genre of the film but gives less information about what the upcoming scenes are going to be about.

In our case, as a group we came up with a few ideas of what we might include as camera shots to emphasize the story line of our film noire.

main camera shots:

• Long Shots
• Extreme close up shot
• Close up shot
• Over the shoulder shot
• Tracking shot