Wednesday 19 January 2011

Analysis of past students work

We looked at group Q1-10's thriller project in which we analysed the use of thriller conventions. One of which we thought was successful was the use of an array of cinematography such as high angles and close ups as these showed the protagonist and antagonist differences instantly. The close up was used at the end to show the fear in the eyes of the protagonist as a gun was pointing in her face, while a high angle was used when the protagonist picked the gun out of her bag to show her weakness and having to resort to using the prop. The group shot material appropriate to the thriller genre as the audience could differentiate between the protagonist and the antagonist. This could also be seen in the use of filming the tap running as this created a sense of suspense. 


The mise-en-scene was used well as the lighting was dark throughout which made the audience wonder what the protagonist was doing. The use of the gun props reinforced the genre as guns are more associated with thrillers while other weapons such as an axe are associated with horrors. The use of the lipstick introduced the audience to the protagonists personality as she needs to look good and so this could be seen as a weakness/Achilles heel.  The sound used was incorporated by being a background sound and moved the narrative along. 


However to improve, the titles could have been more mysterious as they were at a basic level and did not fit with the atmosphere. 

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