Grand Piano!!

Grand Piano!!

Key Cast: Elijah Wood, John Cusack, Tamsin Egerton and Kerry Bishe.

Director: Eugenio Mira

Writer: Damien Chazelle

Genre: Thriller

Themes: Love,Violence, 

Release: September 2014

Budget: $22,353 (gross)

Key Scene: 

An important scene in the film is shown at the end where the protagonist played by Elijah wood approaches his broken piano. This is a significant scene because both the audience and the protagonist are curious as to why the piano is so important to the antagonist. When he approaches the piano he plays a few notes. When he does, it focuses on his face and shows him reacting to something he has seen. This is important for the audience as they want to know what he is looking at. The film abruptly ends. This leaves the audience on a cliff hanger and makes the audience for ever guessing what was in the piano. This scene is important because throughout the film we don't know the true intentions of the antagonist so at the end when this is almost revealed the audience becomes more engaged in the film. The fact that the film ends on a cliff hanger prolongs the suspense as the audience are still left clueless. The ending also kind of mocks the audience as they have watched the whole film waiting for everything to revealed and just at the last moment they hide part of the story.

 

Key Micro-features:

An important micro-feature in this film is sound. Because the majority of the film is based around Tom playing the piano, the tense music from other thriller films become diegetic rather than non-diegetic. The piano music becomes the conventional thriller music. This is a key micro-feature because it is what makes the film tense for the audience. The audience are not only able to hear the suspense within the film but are able to see the emotions of the piano player. Because the film is based in the same location for a long period of time and there is not any visible action (e.g fights or running scenes) through out the majority of the film and the audience in the film are oblivious to the events unfolding, the music creates the action. The music contradicts what the audience in the film see and only the protagonist, antagonist and the audience are aware of what is going on. The sound creates the thrilling aspect to the film and makes the audience tense.