Audience research

Camera

In most thriller films, there is a very wide variety of shots used from ECUs to ELSs - some are used to give strong effect and show something in detail, and some give a sense of location. As well as this and everything in between, one can film pans, POV shots, low and high angle shots and more. Our audience research showed that they enjoyed a variety of shotas used in a succint and fast-flowing shots, however we tried to condense this in the grounds that our thriller would be that of a psychological one. The 180 degree rule is an unbreakable rule in media, it is imperitive to any production because nobody wants their film to be confusing. If there is a film which breaks this rule, the audience may be confused as to what is actually going on.

Editing

Editing is a vast region of film, and some types are conventional others are not, some are very effective, others are not. The most popular effect is dissolve or fade out, this is simply where one clip fades into another. The other most popularly used is fade to/from black/white, this is essentially where one clip goes to, or comes from a black or white background, and is often used when ending a scene or showingb the movement of time, perhaps in terms of flashback or time travel. In our thriller film, we used both the dissolve feature to show flashbacks and fade to black to end the scene.

Narrative

During a thriller opening, narratives are traditionally used to create a greater sense of tension, and is often used over dramatic music. It is used to show the emotion and is played over the top of films, so you don't really see the character themselves - in our thriller opening we used voiceovers during our dialogue.

Mise-en-scene

Mise-en-scene literally means "put into the scene" - this applies to the lines of props, lighting, location, costume and character. This also means where the piece of media is set, and can be used to both deduce or infer age, role, alliegence, or even status within society. Props are also important to the film, and will make the film more entertaining while giving more information, such as a knife, and can be intercontextual with other films.

Sound

This boils down to two types, digetic and non-digetic, it is sound and heard or recorded on the set, like speech. We used voice overs which was non-digetic sound because our sound didn't fit.