Rope

Rope

 Brandon and Philip are two young men who share a New York apartment. They consider themselves intellectually superior to their friend David Kentley and as a consequence decide to murder him. Together they strangle David with a rope and placing the body in an old chest, they proceed to hold a small party. The guests include David's father, his fiancée Janet and their old schoolteacher Rupert from whom they mistakenly took their ideas. As Brandon becomes increasingly more daring, Rupert begins to suspect.

Opening Scene

The opening sequence of Rope starts with a view of a street shown as a high and establishing shot making the setting appear normal and this makes the viewer wonder what is going to happen, creating a sense of mystery. The title sequence is a simple style of text but there are a lot of names, this is because in older movies had the major credits are at the start not the end. The background music is very happy and tranquil, but with a hint of danger, perhaps reflecting the niceness of the men on the outside, with their dangerous selves within.

Conventions of a thriller 

The movie Rope by Alfred Hitchcock there is a lot of dramatic irony because the audience are aware of the murder and that they body as places in the chest that they are now eating food off. This places the viewer in a very unsteady position because knowing that the characters know nothing about what had happened before they all arrived to the house. I think that the Classic Hollywood Thrillers match because the viewer already knows.