Analysis of Vacancy and The Departed

Vacancy:


The title scene's music is very slow at the beginning and very occasionally they speed up for a couple of seconds and this helps to build suspense, also give it a very eerie feeling. All the titles are in red and drip like blood and are a very urban broken text. The opening credits help to set the mind of the audience and this is very important because then the viewer can enjoy the film.

The credits play the part of setting the viewers mind into an eerie and mysterious feel. The music uses a low pitched bass note with a high pitched strong note these are put over the original theme song that repeats over and over, this helps to create the eerie feeling.

The film begins as the credits fade into the licence plate of the car.
Its set in the early hours of California, with the two characters travelling in the car, the filming is mostly done so at least part of their faces are shadowed and you can only see certain parts. This shows the separation and anger between the two characters.

The man in the car is frustrated and tiered, you can tell this by the way he wipes his face continuously and his facial expressions, because of this you can tell they have been travelling for a long time. The shadowing of the faces also helps to stop the audiences from getting any attachments to the characters. This is done so the character doesn’t feel any emotions for the characters. He still finds that he can joke and make remarks about the woman.
The Departed:

The titles are short and it starts with the old man's voice over with a small explanation of life.

He uses a lot of swear words and his voice is load and low pitched and you can nearly make a connection to him being the bad guy. Once again a lot of shots show darkness and corruption when he goes to collect his money from the corner shop.