Directed by Robert Harmon
- Black background.
- Titles in red. Common convention of horror movie.
- Hear noise of match lit then see it light up in utter darkness, see his hand- suspense - wondering who character is.
- Camera pans as light goes up. Cuts to an extreme close-up of man’s face lit by match. Lights cigarette, Starts smoking.
- Close up of man’s face in shadow. Smoking in darkness. Only outline of profile visible.
- Cuts to dark view of hills.
- Titles continue over shot of hills.
- Cuts to close up of man in car, face showing anxiety, tired.
- Shot changes to long shot of two cars, panning movement, middle of nowhere, no-one about.
- Shot changes to point-of-view of man who sees the car behind over take him.
- Cuts back to close up of man looking bothered by this.
- Cuts back to point of view, seeing car disappear into the distance.
- Cuts to extreme close-up of man’s face smoking a cigarette.
- Cuts to point of view shot of dark road, small light lights up road, sun is rising
- Extreme close-up shows man getting more and more tired. Eyes starting to shut.
- Hear a loud ‘car sound’ as it cuts to pan of car driving down motorway until disappeared.
- Cuts to shot of road with nothing on as we see car appear from left.
- Cuts to another section of the road further down, we see headlights in the darkness and only the outline of the hills against the twilight sky.
-Pan of car from down the road until the car comes close and the camera stops and we see the car pass the shot.
- Cuts to close-up of car radio. Hear the radio “It’s 4.15 on a Saturday morning.” establishes time. Poses questions as to why character is travelling at this time.
- Radio continues playing but less clearly as cuts to close up of man smoking and drinking from flask (trying to keep him awake) suggests he‘s been on the road a long time.
- Man hears thunder and looks out of window, looks worried.
- Cuts to point-of-view shot of hills and image of lightening.
- Cuts back to man who closes his flask.
- It starts raining and he puts his wind-screen wipers on.
- Looks anxious, begins gulping.
- Cuts to point of view of long road ahead, hills, the sky is lighter now. Still raining.
- Cuts back to close up of man, shows him fall asleep as head nods forward.
- Extreme close-up of man’s profile in shadow (asleep).
- Face lights up.
- Cuts to point of view of oncoming headlights
- Cuts back to man waking up.
- Cuts back to point of view of oncoming lorry.
- Cuts back to close up of man taking control of steering wheel. Panicked.
- Long shot of car avoiding lorry from behind the car.
I chose to talk about The Hitcher as it’s a classic Horror Film. I feel it is important to research a film of this kind as it incorporates a lot of classic Horror conventions which could be adapted and used in our film opening. Also, I felt it was important to watch the original 1986 version of the film rather than the modern re-make as the classic Horror style is something the group is interested in incorporating. The film also follows one man’s journey which is something we could use. This ensures the audience have sympathy with the character. The idea of isolation is also used. It shows the character as vulnerable with no-one around to help him; something that scares everyone. He is even scared by thunder and lightening. Him being tired also creates suspense.
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