Taxi Driver

 Light/ colour The red/ orange colure creates the emotion of anger and hate this could be what the character feels about people these are the typical colours and emotions of a thriller The darkness around the face conveys mystery and a darker side to his mind, most thrillers contain the colour black to add mystery The red of the steam and the people walking past could show that he hates people and this gives us an insight on his views and psychological state of mind There is not much lighting used this is done to bring out the colours and to express the hard-core emotions In taxi driver they use colours to express deep emotions that the character has this is very typical of a thriller were they sue hints to tell us more about the story then is given in dialogue, also in taxi driver colour is one of the most important thing because of the taxi being yellow and this is an awkward colour and in thrillers it is a dirty colure so it could refer to his sick and dirty mind

Setting/ location/ set design The setting is a busy city this is very common of thriller movies The location of this film is new York city. The set design is dark, in a thriller this is used to suggest crime and bad things are going on the set design is very busy and full of people this is typical of thrillers because that are mostly set in big city's like new York and have lots of unsuspecting people who get dragged into situations. The setting of taxi driver is new York city. The set design creates it’s self around this, being full of people and has lots of traffic and busy streets also in taxi driver bad things usually are set at night. this is very typical of thrillers because they usually are set in big city’s and have lots of people in them. Thrillers usually have bad things such as crime and death set at night this links with taxi driver because at the end he goes and kills the pimps and this is set at night. The atmosphere of this setting gives of a very evil feel due to the fact its night

Figure Expression / Body Language/ props The facial expression looks sad and alone this conveys a sense of loneliness and could reflect that he keeps to him self and could show a fragile state of mind. the eye contact is not focused on the camera this could show that he doesn't want to connect to the viewer and shows us that his personality is shy and timid. The camera focuses on the face and not the body poster witch would give us clues about his status and age. By doing this it adds mystery of the character this happens a lot in thrillers because mystery is one of the key themes of the movie. The taxi as a prop relates to the title of the film and also plays a strong part in the narrative this is mostly done in thrillers where key props help the narrative The taxi helps offer information about what the character dose for a living and gives us questions like why he might become a taxi diver The facial expressions give us a inside look at the characters state of mind with the loneliness of the eyes in one shot but also we can see anger in a other shot. this shows us that he has a fragile state of mind and this could play a key part in the narrative of the story because thrillers usually involve psychological conflicts between two people or just one persons battle with his own state of mind. The key prop in taxi driver is the taxi. The taxi helps the narrative because it introduces him to the prostitute that he becomes obsessed with. Also the taxi gives us information about him that he likes to drive and that he is ok with the dead end job.

This is an extreme close up so it only shows the eyes. This is done because they want the viewer to see his emotions close up and its very personal. This is a POV they have done this to show the viewer what it is like from his view. The window screen is blurred this could show his connection with society in the way that he dose not want to be in it or is not accepted into it Extreme close up’s do not show what's around the character this is to add mystery, this is very typical of thriller movies because they like to keep the viewer guessing about what will happen This is a wide shot of the city streets with people walking pass. They could of done this to show that it is set in a big city, many thrillers do this because they mostly take place in big city's. they could of also done this to show that he is cut of from people this is show by the way they are out there and he is in the taxi looking out at them