The Usual Suspects

In the opening scene of “The Usual Suspects” there are many indications that this is a thriller movie. For example the key props are the matches, a gun and Kaiser Soze’s black suit and hat.
At the beginning there is a panning shot of the water and the reflections in the water, this shows that the scene will be on the water and showing the darkness of the scene.
Throughout the first scene you do not see Soze’s face, and so he is left as a mysterious character. This adds to the intensity of the scene, he is a silhouetted character. The gun in his hand shows that he is going to kill the man he is talking to. There is a high angle shot on the man sat down to show his powerlessness towards Soze as he has a gun. There is low key lighting on the scene to show the suspense and connotes mystery.
The lack of speech used in the scene helps the tension build as it creates suspense and creates a mystery in the scene. The location of the scene is on a remote boat to show the lack of threat there is as there are only two characters in the scene.