The Butterfuly Effect - Eric Bress 2004.

I watched the opening of 'The Butterfly Effect' as it is a psycological thriller, much like the one we are making. It is a film about a boy who blocks out parts of his life. As he grows up he finds a way to remember them, and a way to alter his life.

• Opens with a quote: "It has been said that something as small as the flutter of a butterflys wings can ultimatley cause a typhoon halfway around the world." - Chaos Theory. This makes the watcher think about what relevance this will have to the story that follows.
• It instantly makes you jump, which unnerves the audience for throughout the film. 
• The film begins in a dark room with Ashton Kutcher creating a panicked atmosphere. 
• The film then changes to what appears to be a 'normal' day, thirteen years earlier. This leads the audience into a false sense of security. 
• You are instantly introduced to the fact that his dad isn't around, but we aren't old why. 
• Small 'everyday' things make you jump, even though they are completely normal. 
• The child's drawing at school seems older than what a boy that age could draw, which makes the audience's mind wander. 
• You are introduced to "sunnyvale institution" which appears daunting and dark, where the young boyhas an MRI scan, which is also seen as being 'scary'.
• The boy appars to be being 'possesed' when he is stood in the kitchen holding a knife, which again makes the audience jump.
•  The title sequence is just the title, with a butterfly but created into what seems to be a skull,which makes the audience wonder what relevance the 'Butterful Effect' has to the skull 
• Camera work is quick to begin with, but then changes to 'normal' when the film goes back thirteen years, but then changes to quick again when the boy appears to be possesed to indicate that this is not normal.
• The editing is continuous and 
• The lighting changes much lik the camera work throughout the film. It begins dark as Ashton Kutcher is in the small room and then when we go thirteen years earlier, it appears to be very bright, nearly looking clinical.