Genre Research: Thriller

     We decided to research the genre of thriller. There are many common camera angles found in thriller movies. These include:

• High angled and low angled shots 
• Canted angle

There are also commonly found camera movements in this genre that include:

• Zooms
• Tracking shots 
• Tilts

Finally, some of the shots that are frequently used include:

• Close up
• Extreme close-up
• Bird’s eye view

Some of the common mis-en-scene elements found in comedy movies include:

  Make-up: 

• The bare minimum usually or light make-up
• Smeared colored make-up (rough look) 
• Make-up that creates the illusion of a injury (fake blood)

Costumes: 

• Average clothing, the basics of everyday wear
• In darker more unwelcoming colors or in lighter colors to portray innocence.

Lighting:

• Dark or dim lighting to create shadows 
• Flickering lights 

Acting:

• Aggressiveness
• Large amount of confused or frightened acting 

Props: 

• Fake weapons 
• Sunglasses
• Paper notes 

Set: 

• Someplace warm and familiar- a home or local café
• Isolated locations like the woods or the back of a building. 

Some of the frequently used editing techniques in comedies include:

• Jump cuts
• Shot reverse shot 
• Eye-line Match 

 

Finally, some of the commonly used sound elements used in comedy films include:

• Diegetic noise of screaming sound 
• Non-diegetic noise of instrumental music  
• Sound bridges 

Examples of thriller films include:

• The 355 (2022) by Simon Kinberg
• Dangerous Lies (2020) by Michael Scott
• Level 16 (2018) by Danishka Esterhazy

 

We like the different types of camera shots and angles for example a candid angle it’s something different and not seen often. Also jump cut editing to create a fast or slow pace film which we would like to use. Also we like the screaming sound element and would use that in our film.          
The use of props like fake weapons we would stay away from. The use of fake weapons just does not appeal for us and is somewhat inappropriate. Also the fake blood make-up is something we would not like to include. We find it too gore.