Monday, 15 November 2010

Smart shooting

Objective: to identify shots to create a successful thriller film.

Task 1: I had to consider and create bullets points of all conventions I can think of a thriller film.

  • Low-key lighting
  • Establishing shot
  • Master shot
  • Over-head shot
  • Crane shot
  • Panning
  • Track shot
  • Police investigation narrative
  • Hero and villain & good and bad narrative
  • Fast editing
  • Sharp intense non-diegetic sounds (Music)
  • Location Haunted House
  • Mise en scene of guns, zombies, police cars
  • Costume of Police uniform, black outfit
  • Colours black and red
  • Facial expressions serious, scared, offensives
  • Body language tense, shocked, shacking- scared, surprised
  • Props- Guns, Knifes, ect
  • Facial Expressions- serious, offensive, scared and shocked
  • Body Langauge- tense, scared, shocked, suprised
  • Narrative- Police investigations, ransoms, captivities, heists, revenge and kidnapping
  • Sub-genre- mystery, crime and psycholigical
In this task I will analyse ‘Halloween: The Resurrection’ clip and say what conventions of a thriller film are in within the movie for example the camera movement.


  • Low key lighting
  • Tracking shot
  • Point of view shots
  • Close up shots
  • Reaction shot
  • Four shot mix up
  • Extreme closes up- makes the audience feel that a new plot is building up this creating anxiety.
  • The camera behind the characters gives off the impression that they are being watched by somebody else.
  • Body language: still, shacking-scared
  • Non- diegetic music: sounds sharp and intense which builds up as the nurses approach the ‘door’ making the scene's 'door' look as if what ever is behind it is important.
  • Non-diegetic music melody then changes into fast paced.
  • Non-diegetic sound of a rattle snake which implies danger is to come
  • Parallel sounds of movement
  • Voice over
  • Straight cuts
  • Slow editing
  • Fast editing
  • Kuslov effect
  • Location, mental house, forest flash back, and roof top
  • Props knifes, computers, and tablets
  • Normal event contrasted as it builds up tension of what is next is to come
  • Flash backs- Greyscale, main character looks different implying that the flash back was a couple of years ago.
  • Costume – police uniform, nurse uniform, hospital patient outfit, and villian mask
  • Narrative- Villian wishes for revenge

1 comment:

  1. Now you have identified the conventions used within the film ' Halloween Resurrection.' try to identify certain convention you could use that would fit in with your narrative and make your opening sequence successful.

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