Analysis of Double Indemnity

1. Title of the film; The title of the film is in large font and block capital letters. The title is right in the centre of the frame and uses the majority of the frame to be displayed and is portrayed with white writing against a dark background very similar to the film Brick.

2. How the setting/location is revealed; The setting is in LA. The audience gets a good idea of the scenary with the shot of the foyer and reception with a barbers also inside. This shows that this is a big company but there are only a few members of staff working as this present time. This reinforces the characters wealth as they can afford to run a major company. The audience may have questions to ask like 'Is this man in charge of this company or is he just an employee?'

3. Costumes and props; Both the men that are in the company building are very smartly dressed with suits and ties/bow tie. The main character is also wearing a hat. The fact that he is wearing a suit that perhaps looks very expensive could suggest he is very wealthy and takes pride in his appearance.

4. Interesting camera work/editing; The shot of the old traffic lights is a good shot as it shows it moving from 'Go-Stop'. As the car travels at a high speed past the traffic light as it has moved to 'Stop' could suggest to the audience that this character is in a rush for some reason and it is very urgent that he gets to his destination very quickly. This could spark up a question to the audience about where he is going in such a rush.

5. Title and font style; The title sequence is in white and placed in front of a dark silhouette of a mysterious character with injured limbs. It is a very simple image as doesn't include any fancy or animated features to the screen. It has solid text which means it does not give anything away as to what follows.

6. Story- and how the opening sets the story up; The main character does not show his face to the camera until he goes into this office. This could suggest to the audience that perhaps he is hiding from something and is a very mysterious character in the film. When he enters his office he picks up a telephone and phones a character who is investigating a murder. He then confesses and explains why he murdered the victim. This could make the audience nervous of this character and maybe take away the sympathy they showed before.

7. Genre (thriller)- and how the opening suggests it; The main character is injured as has a slight limp but more fatal than that, he has a bullet wound in his left shoulder-perhaps this character has been in an accident or he recieved the injury when he went to murder the male victim. It conveys to the audience that there has been a fight/murder which relates to the genre of a thriller film. As he goes back and tell the story it allows the film to unveal some crucial answers and inevitbaly answer some questions.

8. How any characters are introduced; In the first few shots as the main character enters the foyer with what looks to be his assistant but is very rude towards him. He shows ignorance towards the perhaps lower class man by not showing eye contact towards him. Perhaps the man is threatened by the main characters height and his authority over him.

9. Any special effects (or a particular shot you really like); I really like the shot of the car racing across the road in front of the delivery truck. It is a good way to show the rush of the character and the way the load falls off the truck as he has had to slam his brakes on.