Thriller conventions and microelements of Source code

Thriller conventions Plot: Army helicopter pilot, Captain Colter Stevens (Jake Gyllenhaal), last aware of being on a mission in Afghanistan, wakes up on a commuter train traveling to Chicago. He finds that to the world around him including his traveling partner Christina Warren (Michelle Monaghan) and the bathroom mirror he appears to be Sean Fentress, a school teacher. As he comes to grips with this revelation, the train car explodes, killing everyone aboard. Characters: The characters consist of a mix in gender, showing no alpha gender and breaking the stereotype of men being overpowered compared to women, as the protagonist (male) is helped out eventually by the supposed antagonist (female) who turns out to help him in sticky situations, and is indeed a protagonist. Micro elements Sound: Diegetic sound such as dialogue is used the most in the film and non diegetic sounds such as SFX and trains are used less. The use of music is limited as well and seems only present in scenes of high suspense or when the protagonist has a breakthrough. Camera angles: There shot that re occurs the most are the close ups of characters faces, especially the protagonist. This is because at the beginning of the film, the protagonist does not understand what is going on so his facial expressions are captured as he is confused to what is happening. Editing: There are a lot of cuts in the film, as many things happen is short spaces of time, so different cuts are used to show everything that is happening. Mise en Scene: There are only about 4 settings within the whole film as each scene shows s the same settings such as the train and the city of Chicago. the lighting of all the settings apart from the one shown in the picture below are brightly light to show the normal cycle of life. The picture below shows the dead protagonist still living only to complete mission he is obliged to do and cannot prevent, which causes the audience to empathise with him as he is surrounded by darkness and hopelessness.