Thursday, December 8, 2022

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 thriller movies include:

  Make-up: 

  • The bare minimum usually light make-up
  • Smeared colored make-up (rough look) 
  • Make-up that creates the illusion of an 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
  • a 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 thrillers include:

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

 

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

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

Examples of thriller films include:

  • The Weekend Away (2022) Kim Farrant
  • Bullet Train (2022)  

    David Leitch
  • Luckiest Girl Alive (2022) 

    Mike Barker
We like the variety of camera shots and angles, such as the candid angle, which is unique and rarely seen. Also, we'd like to use jump-cut editing to create a fast or slow-paced film. We also like the shrieking sound effect and would incorporate it into our film.
They use props such as fake weapons that we would avoid. The use of fictitious weapons does not appeal to us and appears to be rather inappropriate. In addition, we do not want to include fake blood makeup. It's too gory for us.




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