'Now You See Me' is a thriller film that was released in 2013 and directed by Louis Leterrier.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u_diRgwPCS8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u_diRgwPCS8
The opening scene starts with J. Daniel Atlas (Jesse Eisenberg) performing a card trick to one specific person but with a large crowd around him. The next part of the scene goes to another magician called Merritt McKinney (Woody Harrelson) performing a temporary sleep / paralysis trick to a married couple. The next short clip is Jack Wilder (Dave Franco) on a boat performing a trick to everyone there, asking people to guess how he does it. The last clip shows Henley Reeves (Isla Fisher) in a tank of water, trying to escape before a case of piranhas falls in with her.








Next there is an establishing shot of the boat that the next magician is performing on. He makes himself out to be a newly starting magician by performing in a public place where no one appears to be interested, however he times it so that the boat reaches the harbour by the time the trick is finished so he can make an escape after stealing a man's wallet and watch - he was acting the whole time. This adds a sense of comedy to the scene because we realise that he is very clever and is able to sneak easily without anyone noticing. The low angle shot of him going down the stairs of the boat still makes him appear powerful and more clever than everyone else because of what he's done.


The last clip is of the female magician performing indoors to a large crowd, established by high angle shots from the far-out parts of the arena they're in and the loud cheering. She pretends that she can't perform her trick because something has gone wrong, that she needs help but can't get out and is 'eaten' by the piranhas, generating a lot of fear in the audience because the large arena and glamorous outfit she's wearing show her to be a well-known professional and it is unexpected that something would go wrong. There is a low angle shot of the large timer on the wall, emphasising its 'power' over what she does.
All of these scenes are accompanied by non-diegetic soundtrack that sounds like it's composed of brass, string and percussion instruments that get quieter and play in the background while they are each performing, and become louder again as they finish the tricks to make it seem more epic to the audience and leave them with a sense of awe. This is effective because it conveys the genre of thriller, being a common convention, and makes it more showcase-like.
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