The Catalyst appears to be the opening of a thriller rather than a trailer as the editing isn't paced as fast as it would be if it were a trailer and the entire story is not packed within the few minutes that we watch. The credit to those who play part in creating the opening to the film are placed within the film so as not to disrupt our viewing so we can focus upon whats happening in the film. This piece of film very obviously has an opportunity for something further to happen next and is obviously only the opening.
Cinematography is well used and the correct camera angles and movements are used on shots, for example when we witness the close up when he is breaking into the house, this is so we can see he is breaking in. We get a clever point of view shot when he is looking through the gun we see it as though we would be looking through the viewer on the gun at then men and we also get the sound of the shot fire and then we fade away from the gun viewing so we are able to see the consequences of what has just happened. There is a character whom tries to run from the hit man, a chase scene is part of the typical thriller genre. We also get the scene in the car where the hit man strangles the other man but it is shot so we don't always see the man being strangled but we also see the hit man strangling him so we think that he continues to strangle him, when of course he doesn't. The use if the child whom is frightened is useful as a child signifies innocence which is not what we have witnessed so far but the child is spared not killed. The non-diegetic music used throughout matches the feeling of vengeance and the music used at the end gives a religious overtone to what has happened.
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