The Prestige Opening Analysis

mise en scene :

• costume- in the opening scene of the prestige we see that it is set in olden times as all the characters and extras in the opening are wearing old fashioned clothes. 
• sets- in the opening scene we see that the main set is going to be the stage or the theatre   
• colour- in the opening to the prestige the colours are all really plain, dull and boring for example the costumes and the sets are all brown, grey, black and white. 
• lighting- the lighting is very dark and gloomy this is to add tension to the scene. 
• props- some props that are used are all the magic equipment. this tells us that is is going to have something to do with magic. this also tells us that it is set in the olden times as there isn't any modern things e.g. computers. 
• make-up- there isn't very much make up used because it is old fashioned so they didn't have much then. 

Narrative themes are;

• Magic
• Rivalry
• Revenge
• Secracy
• A Competition

Character Roles:

• Main: - Angier - strong character, ambitious, confident, wise
            - Borden - calm, clever, confident
            - Cutter - superior, respected, clever, wise
  Others: - Julia Angier - confident, respected
              - Sarah Borden - weaker character, easily persuaded
              - Olivia Wenscombe - confident character, can be miss leaded

Is it Conventional for a thriller?

• i think that the prestige is coventional for a thriller as it includes many conventions of a thriller. for example it has many un-answered questions, a few main characters and some other characters aswell. this thriller also has a crime right at the start even though we see it wasn't him they still think it was in the film.