All of them start from black, this creates a sense of mystery.
Most text is sans-serif except The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo. This is because it makes it feel more factual, like a real life crime. This is added to by the use of factual information creating a timeline of events for the audience like the police do when they're trying to solve a mystery.
There is also quite a lot of use of real life information - the news, radios, press questions and old footage. This is mostly in Fargo, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, Zodiac and The Departed. It added to the 'real life' feel, made it more believable.
There was a lot of use of diegetic sounds to create life like scenarios like in The Snowtown Murders and Seven's credits. I liked the layering of diegetic sounds and the atmosphere this created.
On a similar note, there was also a lot of sound the audience couldn't hear - muffled or in another language (The Bourne Identity) - this created tension and added to the air of mystery as we didn't know what was going on.
I also liked the sound contrasts in Seven (metronome and bedroom) and Collateral (outside the taxi and when he shuts the door). This jolted the scene and foreshadowed something unexpected. It also made for uneasy watching which is what I want to focus on in my opening.
Lighting was all quite dark and blue/grey tinged, especially in The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo. This is because these colours have negative connotations and help set the tone of the film - serious and scary.
I liked the use of focus and depth of field in Collateral, the fact that the character was surrounded by an unclear background symbolised his unclear personality, motives or whether he should be trusted.
Mostly steady camera work but I liked the chaos the handheld camera gave in The Bourne Identity. I also liked how people were walking in front of the camera, it made it feel real and more panicked - I could do this in the hospital scene.
I like how in The Departed the audience's view of the man character was obscured until the end of the opening scene. It built tension and highlighted the characters importance and untrustworthy nature. I might do this when revealing who's on the hospital bed, slowly panning up the body to reveal the face last to build tension and emphasise the importance of that character.
These films actually had quite small budgets ranging from $90 million in 'The Departed' to $8 million in 'Pulp Fiction'. This is due to the lack of major special effects required in sci-fi and action films and makes the genre easier to recreate.
To create my whole film I would need an estimate budget of around $50 million. This is because I would need a significant amount of money to afford the different kinds of cameras for example the Arri Alexa Cameras which were used on Oscar award winning films such as 'The Revenant' and 'Birdman' which showed it's incredible capabilities to create shots with a huge amount of detail without distortion. This would be perfect for my film as I want to create a different look using contrasting camera angles and lighting so would therefore need cameras that can cope with such fluctuating conditions. I would also need a camera able to film in low light as many of the scenes would be filmed at night or in dark settings such as woodland to make the film more dark and sinister.
I would also need a professional make-up artist to create injuries and wounds that looked believable to the audience. This would go along with the need for hiring or recreating locations such as hospital wards and police stations to give it an exceptionally naturalistic feel which would greatly contrast with the changing camera work making he audience feel uncomfortable and unsafe.
I would also need to pay the script writers, producers, DOP, set designers, costume designers, a post-production team etc. This would take a significant chunk from my budget.
However, as all my scenes take place in one town I wouldn't need a huge number of sets or actors which would reduce costs. Also, as it's so naturalistic, I wouldn't need a lot of expensive props as everything would need to be what you would see in an average town.
Therefore I would not need an extortionate budget but it would still need to be significant enough to create a professional, exciting looking piece.
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