prestige analysis

Mise-en-scene

Costume - the costume makes all the characters seem as though they were all in the early 1900's, so it could show that  is a thriller which happened in the past. For example, Hugh Jackman's character wears clothing like a long coat, a top hat and all smart clothing. This is pretty much the same for every character. The costume can also signify the difference between good and bad. This is shown by the fact that both Jackman and Michael Caine's character are both wearing lighter coloured clothing, whereas Christian Bale's is all dark to show that he is the bad guy.

Lighting - There is not alot of lighting which can relate to the genre of a thriller, but the only part in which lighting could show the genre is where Bale's character is under the stage when he drowns the magician in the tank. The lighting at that moments is all dark apart from the light which shows both characters' faces, this could be to determine who's in control of the situation.

Setting - There are a few settings which can link to it being a thriller. The most obvious setting is where Bale is in the jail cell, and this could hint to the audience that he's the bad guy in the film. The other setting is the theatre where they perform there magic tricks. This could relate to a thriller because weird things could happen if they're all magicians. Apart from the two settings stated, I don't think the other settings can relate to the genre.

Make  up - The make up in the footage doesn't have alot of effect on the genre. Although, if I had to say something about the make-up, when they're doing the escape act with the women being tied up, the main magcian had make up on his face.This could show mysteriosity and that he is hiding.

Props - The main prop used to show present the genre could be the tank of water in which the magician drowned in because in that specific scene, we determine a crime and who the bad guy is, which is often found in most thriller's.

Narrative themes

The only piece of narrating which happens is at the beginning where Caine is telling the audience about how to perform a magic act, giving us (what seemed like) step by step instructions. This could be benificial for the genre because when describing each step, he doesn't make it clear that the steps are about magic acts, they could also be a way to describe how to cover a crime.

Character roles

The main character's within the clip are Jackman, Bale and Caine. Jackman seems to have a 'good guy' presence about him, he seems to be a character who plays by the rules; unlike Bale. His character is the opposite to Jackman's character because when doing the act with the other magician, Jackman does the rope tying how he was told, unlike bale who tied it up how he wanted it to have done. Also, we can tell Bale is the bad guy because he cause the magician to drown in the tank of water. Caine's character role is like Jackman's by being the good guy, this is shown where they're in court appealing that Bale has committed the crime and Caine is trying to prove the judge that he did commit it.