Thriller Independent research - Phone booth

When i first watched phone booth I was thoroughly entertained through out. This i feel was because even though the setting of the phone booth is only in one spot it still managed to remain tense, the directed uses effective music and lots of creative camera shots. For a hostage situation this would be a perfect example of how to keep your audience entertained and keep the movie exciting.

Also looking at the opening its smooth quick and tense with quick titles and fast paste music. With the scenery being new york city there is always something going which makes the hostage situation much more exciting. The director (Joel Schumacher)was really clever by directing the surroundings of the phone booth, by having lots of extras and tall buildings surrounding it creating a manic atmosphere leaving us the audience clueless to where the gun man is. My favorite shot on the movie is a POV from the eyes of the trapped Colin Farrell where he manically looks up at the buildings, using handheld it helps to show his panic and creates more tension.