The Third Man

Although the setting of this film is completely irrelevant to our thriller, there are some very notable camera angles used that could be very powerful if used in our opening. The majority of the shots use strong noir lighting and very long shadows, giving the impression that the city looms over the character making him look very small and insignificant. Shots similar to these would work well in our thriller, especially in shots #3, #7 and #15, on the storyboard. I think this because these shots are the only ones that feature low angled images of buildings, especially shot #3 as the arch way is similar to some of the arch ways in The Third Man, which all are very effective with this kind of shot. The director of The Third Man uses this range of shots to connote good and evil in a number of ways. The most effective of which is how he makes the main character seem to be good and the city to be evil. He does this by using shots which give the impression that the city is looming over him, making him look small. This gives the city the illusion of a massive size advantage over him making it seem dauting and evil