Film Project Genre Research The Gift

The movie The Gift, which was released in 2015, is a thriller movie. The first two minutes of the movie presents a married couple who moved from Chicago to California because of the husband's job. The couple are with their real estate agent touring a potential house for them to live in. Some of the shots presented in the beginning of the movie are a mid-shot that shows the wife looking through the house's window, a two-shot of the couple looking through a window in their future house, a point of view shot of the couple looking through the window at the California sunset, and an establishing shot of California's sunset. The music used in the start of the film is creepy, intense music. The first thirty seconds of The Gift presents the opening credits, including the well known Universal Studios, STX Entertainment, BH Productions, and Huayi Pictures all contributing to the making of the film. The film's budget was $5 million and it made a total of $59 million. The Gift has been nominated for one award being the Saturn Award for the Best Thriller Film.