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- 1. Use of narrative Explanation Evidence in our thriller Evidence from existing thrillers Throughout our thriller film opening, we took inspiration from many different sources. We were very much inspired by the film, ‘Double jeopardy’ in terms of the ‘staged’ death that was featured in our piece. Setting the death to occur in this way leads the audience to think ‘what if?’, therefore building the tension for the audience, a feature that is very typical of the thriller genre. Adding the pills, glasses and phone to these shots helped to set the scene for this ‘staged’ death, causing the viewers to wonder what did truly happen to jasmine’s character. In our piece, we very much followed Todorov’s narrative theory. The photo montage featured at the beginning of the piece represented the equilibrium. The sequence was then followed by the disequilibrium which is shown when jasmine’s dead body is revealed. With close reference to our original storyline, the re-establishment of the equilibrium is not shown throughout our opening sequence however, the issues and chaos will reach a solution at the end, therefore restoring the initial equilibrium that is seen.
- 2. Use of Mise-en-scene Explanation Evidence in our thriller Evidence from existing thrillers We decided to set our thriller in two main contrasting locations. We filmed a range of shots in a garage with very low lighting to create dark and eerie shots; very typical of a thriller film. However, we also filmed inside of a very strongly lit house, which entirely goes against the conventions of thriller films. We felt as though using this juxtaposition of lighting between the shots in our piece would help create a false sense of security within the audience. The use of mirrors strongly featured throughout our thriller opening. The use of mirrors is very often used within thriller films as they are used to highlight the true representation of a person and can serve to show the darkness within characters. We thought that the use of mirrors within our piece was very effective as it served to show both mine and josh’s characters in a different light.
- 3. Editing techniques Explanation Evidence in our thriller Evidence from existing thrillers We decided to include a 360˚ shot of Jazz in the piece. When it came to editing the opening together, we decided to speed this shot up X100. We chose to do this as we wished to reveal Jazz’s thoughts and state of mind by making the shot seem chaotic and busy. It helped to pin point Jasmine as being the character who has truly been caught directly in the center of the chaos. We used lots of quick-cut editing throughout our piece whilst editing together the shots in the garage. We did this as the speed of the shots helps to build the tension within the audience, intensifying the initial enigma codes that have been set up surrounding jazz’s death. Quick-cut editing is often used in thrillers for this purpose and is very strongly featured through Alfred Hitchcock’s famous, ‘Psycho.’
- 4. Use of camera Explanation Evidence in our thriller Evidence from existing thrillers We used a large variety of shots throughout our thriller opening. The panning shots used really helped us to draw the storyline together by displaying the complete juxtaposition of shots between life and death. The shot’s progress from a bright and cheery pan of a photo montage of the good times spent together with a fade to black in the middle, transitioning then to a dark, eerie pan of Jazz’s dead body lying on the floor. We used entirely contrasting shots between the shots filmed in the garage and the shots filmed inside of the house. We used lots of close up and extreme close up shots whilst filming in the garage. This is because the use of close up shots serves to show characters as seeming isolated and con their own. The use of these close up shots also helped to indicate fear and to build tension within out audience. We used medium and high angle shots when in the house as these shots help to show the bigger picture, revealing more of the scene to the viewer.
- 5. Use of Special effects Explanation Evidence in our thriller Evidence from existing thrillers The placement of our titles was greatly inspired by the BBC series, ‘The missing.’ The series greatly influenced our decision to place the titles and credits within the opening montage as this montage allows the audience to be able to gain a small insight into what the film is due to be about. The positioning of the titles on the screen is also very much based on the titles from the same series. In the titles for ‘The Missing’, the text is often placed in the bottom corners of the screen, very similarly to the placement of the titles in our opening sequence. We also chose to add a red shadow behind the text as the colour red hints at anger and danger, themes that are very much present throughout our piece. We thought that adding this colour would intensify the insight into the narrative of the piece that is already being displayed throughout the photo montage.
- 6. Use of sound Explanation Evidence in our thriller Evidence from existing thrillers We spent a lot of time discussing what sound we wanted to include in our piece. For the beginning of the sequence, we decided we wanted to choose a song that would link in with the initial photo montage. We wanted to choose a song that would help to give the audience a slight interest into what the film was to be about. We used one more sound item throughout our opening which contrasted entirely with the song we had used previously. We decided that we wanted to use a track that was very typical of a thriller film as we felt that this would be the best way to build tension within the audience. We decided to use the song ‘Jealousy’ by Frankie Miller. As suggested by the title, the song helps to set narrative of envy and conflict for the audience which is what we wanted to achieve throughout the photo montage. The style of the song also very much challenges the codes and conventions of thriller films as it is quite haunting however, it is not sinister or dark. The item that we chose was called, ‘G321- Thriller opening music choice 3.’ This piece of music uses the contrast between high and low pitched synth sounds to create a tense and eerie atmosphere. Throughout the opening sequence of, 'The Missing’, the background music is quite eerie and dark which very much conforms to the codes and conventions of thriller films. This is very much he opposite of the sound in the titles of our opening sequence. High pitched, non-diegetic sounds are often used in thriller films to make the viewer feel uncomfortable and on edge, thus assisting in creating and building tension throughout the sequence.