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S s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s ss s s s s s s ss s s s Within the chosen sequence, genre conventions such as camera movement, editing and lighting are all insights for the viewer to seekout the films genre. Camera angles for example, are very personal within this film and give away a lot about Somerset and Mills’ life. The two are very contrasting and there is a lot to learn from eachcharacter and what they offer to the plot of the story. From the start we find that Somerset offers a challenging depth and dimension for a character in this genre. Somerset is much more interestedin the art of crime solving. However, Somerset is burnt out after 34 years on the force. He feels he is not making a difference anymore and therein lays the conflict of the story. Somerset is a man whohad it and he’s giving up. He’s seen too much. Mills is a cop who has transferred into the department and is full of optimism about the difference he can make as an individual. The two look at thesame situation with dramatically opposing points of view. 

The film is set against the background of a bleak, gloomy, and nameless city, where the rain does not stop. The lighting is very low key andthis is very common in films of this genre. The photography is muted, grey and dimly lit. The rain only adds to that creeping feeling in your mind, and it allows a passageway for the viewer into adystopia that may be in the not too distant future. 

The main editing effects are in the opening titles. The editing is called montage editing; a series of short cuts spliced together. This workswell as it is very disjointed, a lot like the film and the killers’ mind. From the opening titles it is to much clearer light that the images shown in the opening titles are associated with John Doe andthe genre film is going to be of an action thriller genre, maybe even to some a horror, however it does not contain many elements that s horror genre would require. Images that are shown include...