Generic Conventions for a thriller film
Tracking, Shadows, Handheld camera, Establishing shot, Costumes, Close ups, Haunted house, Tilt shot, Back lighting, Diegetic/Non diegetic music, Blood, Low key lighting, Wipe pan, Creaking Doors.
Halloween Resurrection part 1
- Handheld tracking-POV(point of view) making the audience feel involved
- Low key lighting, Diegetic sound used to create suspense.
-Close ups to show actors facial expressions
-Tracking following the character when shes getting chased
- Use of flashback, brings suspense to the audience, Point of view also used in chase scene puts the audience in the victims shoes, the camera also flicks back and forth behind the victim to bring tension to the audience
Location- Asylum, Uncomfortable location, unpredictable building suspense- slow movement, then the music increases tempo and becomes louder, this also creates tension and emphasises the thrill involved in the chase.
This film allowed my group to get a better understanding of a thriller film and to understand its conventions, In the opening scene of Halloween Resurrection there was a part that appealed to me and that was when
Laurie Strode ( Jamie Lee Curtis ) looks out of her window after the nurse has told her intern about the patients past involving in a murder they say to each other it was a load of make believe stories then as they walk out of the patients room you see the killer in his mask looking right at the window as if he heard what they were saying, i think this was conventional and suspense building as it sends a message right to the crowd that he is a murderer and has returned to see the patient Laurie Strode ( Jamie Lee Curtis ). Also these conventions were essential to my planning and I would like to use a murderer as one of my chacaters as i think that this would help to appeal to my target audience and also help to show the conventions of a thriller film.
Luke you have simply identified the different shots you have seen, and very briefly stated the purpose of these shots. Try and give specfic examples and relate your analysis to your own production stating which shot you intend to use and why.
ReplyDeleteWell done Luke you have now shown that you can identify the key conventions of a thriller film and how these conventions features may feature within your own opening sequence.
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