How To Film A Thriller

How To Film A Thriller 

In this short video there are very typical aspects from a thriller. We watched this in class to understand how a thriller should be laid out so that we could have inspiration for when we film the opening to our our thrillers.
The start of this video is very silent and quiet, until we hear some diegetic sound fade in, the diegetic sound being the nature sounds e.g. birds singing and the breeze. To set the scene there is also a very long shot at the beginning so audiences can see the environment that the character is in. As he walks, to avoid wasting time filming the character walking everywhere there is a cross-dissolve which leaves out part of the character's journey, but audiences understand what is going on all the same. When he walks in to the deserted building, we see a quick high angle shot to symbolise his vulnerability. When we see the first shot of the building there is an eerie suspense sound to suggest danger, and the creepy deep-noted sounds continue as the man walks into the building and curiously looks around. The backlight beside the window creates a silhouette and the point of view shots also have a good effect. There is a low angle shot when he comes across the bottle on the ground, and the sounds of the water trickling also creates a diegetic sound, which is a good effect to use even if it was just added in it worked very well and sounded realistic. The eerie sounds grow louder and sharper when there is suddenly a lot of quick cuts to show a lot of panic and fright, and the shots coming from outside of the building suggest that someone or something is out there, which leads the clip to the next scene where there is a close up of the man's face to show his reaction. As soon as he runs outside, all the suspense and creepy effects stop, and the sound goes back to the diegetic nature. Outside it is light, whereas inside the building it is dark, so it gives the audience the impression that there is nothing to be afraid of and there is actually no threat there, and that they can relax. However, when the man walks away we see an extreme close up of an eye and there is ominous music, creating enigma and mystery. The audience are then left with a cliffhanger to wonder what is going to happen next.