Jordan's Zodiac Textual Analysis

Mise en Scene
The Mise en Scene in the Zodiac opening shows us that it is a thriller by having a character wear dark clothing with an all black leather jacket and trousers, this creates the idea of enigma espessially as we don't hear him talk it creates a mystery of who this man is. Also we can tell when this is set because of the old car and style of clothing they are wearing. 

Editing
The editing used in the opening for Zodiac makes us believe that something bad is going to happen toward the end of it as it starts of very slow paced editing, and when the car pulls up behind them it slows right down which drags it on, and with the lack of straight cuts it makes us feel like were seeing it from our own unique perspective dragging us into it, however when the gun is pulled up and the boy is shot the whole scene goes to slow motion and we see fast cuts of the two kids being shot in the car and we get a long look at it to due to the slow motion. This gives us a chance to see all the blood and gore spilling making it harder to look at it sinks in to the audience. 

Sound
Sound is used in the opening for Zodiac to create the feeling of a thriller by having the diegetic sound of the radio constantly playing in the background throughout the whole scene, this makes the audience feel subconsciously uncomfortable as it may only be subtle but it gives us the feeling of realism and that we are there, which makes the radio seem quite eerie. Also when the kids are shot we hear this rock music as the camera pans up from the murder which is very intense and forces the audience to fear the man that just killed them. 

Camera
The camera is used to portray a thriller by using the characters point of view, for example the boy looks in the behind mirror when he looks at the car and then it cuts to us seeing that too, and this puts the audience in the film as well because you are seeing what the others are seeing too. When the gun is first shot all we see is the barrel of the gun so we as an audience automatically know that a gun has been shot in the direction of our characters but we are unsure of whether they have been killed leaving the enigma with us and on our minds.