Preliminary task.

Preliminary task.

The purpose of a preliminary task to help us understand how to use a camera and to get use to the different camera angles that can be used, for example we thought we couldn't get two people into a id shot which we done with ease in this task . It allowed our group to understand what we would have to do in our thriller film to put it all together using the editing software that is provided.  It also allowed our group to understand what angles work well with what camera angles for example we thought a close up would work well when we left the hall but found out the mid shot was the best to show the expression. Also this tasked has helped us understand that we would have to film our thriller in a quite location to make sure we have no sounds that we don't want to be in our thriller film, as there is slight background noise that we do not want in this task.

Throughout this whole process we learned how to handle the camera and how to work with it well, we also learned how to apply the different camera angles by using the camera for example on being when we walked out of the hall we went from a mid shot to a close up. We learned that we would have to have the location of our thriller film in a quite place because we filmed ours in the hall when people were walking past you could hear them in the background, as you can hear slight sound that was unwanted in our thriller film.

The preliminary task will help my group with our thriller film because it has taught us how to use a camera and how to understand what camera angles we use where for example one of them being a mid shot that goes into a long shot when I walk into the hall for this task. We also have learned how long it would take to film our thriller film because it took us about 30 minutes to film a 1 minute clip, we have learned various strengths from this task one of them being the first shot we chose to use may not always be the best and we did have difficulties when doing this prem task that we will try not to do in the actual filming of our thriller film for example one of them being the noise in the background.

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evaluation

                    Evaluation.

I am writing this evaluation to show my findings from my research into your target audience, the purpose of a target audience is to allow us to understand what they needs of that age group is, we want to make sure we add in everything that that audience wants but we cannot go over the age certificate of the target audience.

We carried out a range of research, one type of research we did was a survey/questionnaire, we did a survey because we wanted to know what age group wanted what types of conventions in a thriller film.  It also helped us know what our target audience wanted in our thriller film ( our target audience is 15-20), we found out certain things that we wouldn't have known ourselves, so this research has made us learn what our target audience wants to see in a thriller film. We surveyed 40 people to allow us have a big range of people of all ages and genders, to allow us to have a variety of answers. It also helped us choose what age group would want to see our thriller film. From the findings of out questionnaire we found that men we showed the questionnaire mainly want to see an masked attacker in the thriller film which was 20 men and the women wanted an opening cliff hanger 18 girls wanted this, my group and i will try to include these things in our thriller films as we want to give the best to our audience.

We also did a vox pop, this allowed us to see what type of people wanted in a thriller film, it allowed us to understand what type of person we were interviewing.We interviewed people of different ages to help us understand what type of age group would want in a thriller film. We thought we would use vox pops as we felt it would allow my group to analysis them better than a questionnaire because we don't know what person answered which questionnaire. We asked five questions because we thought this would be enough help us understand, what people would want to see in our thriller film. I think our vox pops were successful because it has helped us see what people would want in our thriller film, we have looked detailedly into the ages between 15-20 because this is our target audience, so we want what they want to see in our thriller film. As we only asked five people for the vox pops we didn't get as big as range as the questionnaires but we still found out that the age group 16-21 would want to see vulnerable female, masked attacker and an voilent opening scene, we want to include all of our findings in our thriller film as it will make the people want to watch it more if we put what they want into it.

One of our questions we used in our vox pops was "how old are you" we wanted to ask this to see what ages will want what conventions in out thriller film, it will also help us with what our target audience wants in our thriller film. Secondly we asked "what conventions are important to you" we asked this to understand what the person would want to see in a thriller film for what age, it helped us understand what ages and genders would want what conventions in a thriller film. Lastly we asked "what is your favourite thriller film" we did this because we can then use conventions in the thriller films that they liked to make them want to watch our thriller film. Our results of these questions will help aid us with our work because it will allows us to understand what people want to see in a thriller film, our group will take into consideration what people have said, so we can use the information to help us create a thriller film that everyone would want to see.

There answers that we reconsidered was our target audience because we thought we would target the ages 15-18 because we thought that anyone older than 18 would want to see a more bloody or gory scenes, but we found out that the people between 18 and 20 wanted the same conventions in a thriller film as a 15 year old so we made our target audience 15-20. Also we changed what conventions we in our thriller, we wanted just an attacker but we have changed it into a masked attacker to create suspense and mystery in out thriller film.

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Vox pops

                                         Vox pop

My group decided to take a vox pop as part as our research because we thought it would give us a detailed view on peoples view on thriller films. It will also allow us to analysis the person from the answers they have given on the clips we took on them. The vox pop would also allow us to understand what character they are and if they answers go with their personality.



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This has helped us understand what out target we should have for our thriller, we interviewed a 15 year old, two 17 year olds and a 21 year old so could get a range of answers, so we can understand what target audience we want to have. Also the Vox pops have helped us with creating our final narrative because we have taken into consideration what the people that are in our target audience.

Some of the questions we asked included:
how old are you?
do you like thriller films?
whats your favorite thriller film?
what conventions do you like to see in a thriller film the most: masked attacker, vulnerable victim etc

We asked these questions to see what age group would like to see in a thriller film so we can understand what age group would best like to see our group narrative. From the results we found that the younger people we interviewed 15-21 mainly wanted to see vulnerable victim, masked attacker and a violent opening scene where as the older person we interviewed (45) wanted to have a enigmatic opening scene. The vox pops helped my group and i understand what age group would best fit with our thriller film and from this research i feel as if we should pick the age group around 16-20.

Results for questionnaire

                         Results for questionnaire.

We decided to use bar and pie charts for our results, we thought that this would give us a better view of the results and this would give us a better understanding of what people would want to see in the thriller films. It would also allow us to have a simple view of what people would prefer in a thriller film. I will use these results to help us plan our thriller film, it will allow us to understand what age group and what gender want to see in the thriller film, it will also help us understand what age group we would want would want to target for our thriller film. I feel as if the research will help us understand what the general public want to see in a thriller film.

Questionnaire

                             Questionnaire

Questionnaires are important when making a thriller film because it tells us as film makers what the general public would want to watch and what they would want to see in their thriller films. By doing a questionnaire it allows us to understand what gender and what ages like different features in a thriller film.

During our questionnaire our group gave it out to 40 people, this allows us to have a wide variety of answers and it allows our group to understand what people want in a thriller film. There are four members in our group so we spilt up the roles so we had 10 questionnaire each, we wanted to have a fair number of males and females questioned so we made sure within our 10 we did 5 males and 5 females.  We also chose the questions carefully, so it would help us make a thriller film that would the audience would want to watch, we took the majority of the results into consideration for our thriller film.

Narrative theory

                              Narrative theory.

There are three different types of narrative theories, the first person to come with a theory is Vladimir Propp, he had the theory that in a narrative its not important about the story line, its all about the characters and their functions for example there is a hero, which is a character thats seeks something villain, who opposes or actively blocks the heros quest, false hero, who disrupts the heros success by making false claims and donor, who provides an object with magical properties. which creates and makes the film in the theory of Propp. 

The second theory was created by Tzvetan Todorov, his theory is all about the narrative and equilibrium and disequilibrium within the narrative. He says that there is a beginning, middle and ending to a film, the equilibrium is at the beginning of the film when everyone is happy and good about what they are doing, the disequilibrium is when something has stopped the narrative from following, it has disrupted the happy and good feeling. 

The third theory is Arstotle which says its not about the character, its not about the narrative, its about the scenes which are :

-Inciting Incident
-Dramatic Question
-Character Goal
-Antagonist/Protagonist
-Stakes
-Resolution
-Sympathy/Empathy

These headings are very close to those suggested by the father of narrative theory of Aristotle.

My thriller film will follow Todorov because at the start of the film it will be equilibrium when the victim is having a good time with her friend talking about what dresses they are going to wear for the party. Then the film will change to a disequilibrium when the attackers starts to chase and hunt the victim, through the forest and woods area, at the point when the victim sees the attacker she will feel very emotional and feel as if she needs to get away from him or else she will get attacked.. Then the equilibrium will be restored, as the identity and motive of the attacker is revealed, when she sees the attacker she will start to see him take his mask off but she will still be scared about what is going to happen.. My thriller will follow the Todorov theory as it will show a girl walking home from school ready for the weekend which will be the good and happy part of our thriller then it will dramatically change to a bad feeling knowing that the young girl is going to get attacked and hurt by a ex-boyfriend that has obsession issues with the girl. Also it follows Todorovs theory as the girl will be thinking ahead to the party she is going to and will thinking about having a good time, the mood with suddenly change when the girl sees the attacker for the first time in a long time.

Group narrative.

                                Group narrative.

In order to create the best thriller with my group we discueed the postives and negatives of my idea of a thriller and their thrillers. We want to make our thriller using the ideas of everyone to make the best thriller we can.

My narrative is the idea of a two people camping in a forest or open field, the attacker keeps showing up in the shadows of the tent. The attacker stalks his victim for a few hours and finally trys to attacker her, but the victim hears the attacker and the attacker then chases the victim. The victim and the killer run off into the darkness and that is the opening scene over.

Positive aspects of my thriller is that there is a victim and a attacker which is conventional to a thriller film. The location i want my thriller to be is a forest or opening field which is also a convention of a thriller, these two conventions are positive and allows the audience to engage into the film and want to watch more. I would use nature sound which would make the thriller seem more realistic and make the audience think that they are in the location with the characters.

However negative aspects of my thriller could be the film, i think it would very difficult to film the shadows of the attacker inside of the tent. Also i think it would be difficult to make the thriller seem realistic because if it is not seen as realistic then the audience wouldn't want to watch more and they wouldn't feel on edge or scared.

Hannah's  narrative idea is a young girl in her room, or even a classroom getting ready to go out, or doing her homework. This scene will be constantly interrupted by shots of someone picking up a knife, their feet as they leave the room, the door closing and them moving ever closer to the innocent victim. I would like to exclude all shots of actual violence, replacing them with close up shots focusing on facial expression, and the blood as it drips onto the floor.

I think that this would make an even more ambiguous, enigmatic opening scene as the audience would have no idea about the identity of the attacker.

I would also like to use natural sound to make the scene appear realistic and even more threatening to the audience, building tension and anxiety as the scene unfolds. 

A positive of Hannah's narrative idea is that, like all successful thriller films, the identity of the attacker will remain a mystery. As I will only be filming the opening scene, the identity of the attacker will not be revealed, to create a mysterious plot line which will leave the audience wanting to watch more. It will leave open ended questions which, if it was a full length film, the audience would be keen to find out the answers to. 

However, the lack of actual images of violent scenes may take away from the tension and anxiety which is built from the enigma. 

Although Hitchcock's Psycho was terrifying to audiences during the 60's, now computer generated technology has advanced the lack of violence makes the film less scary to the audience. The tension built throughout the opening may result in an anti-climax due to the lack of violence which is shown on screen.


Amy's narrative idea is a young girl taking a short cut home though a forest/field this is the first convention of a thriller film as the audience will know that this is not a safe place to be alone as it will be empty and there will be no local safe houses to go if something did happen. The girl keeps hearing sounds such as rustling from the trees and footsteps, most of the sound in my idea will be natural but after filming I will consider adding non-diegetic sound to build up suspense. While the girl is hearing these mysterious noises she will be turning around to see what they are but nothing will appear to be making these noises. While the young innocent girl is walking through the forest/field there will be camera shots from behind a murderer watching the girl walk home whose identity will be un-known adding an enigma to the opening scene. As the girl gets to the end of the field and is about to leave the open area the attacker will suddenly appear with other attackers surrounding her and coming out from the bushes leaving her trapped with no escape, no scene of violence will actually be shown and instead there will be close up camera shots of emotions and natural sound of the innocent victim helping the audience understand how she is feeling. The young girl will be dresses in uniform and the attacker/attackers will be dressed in all black showing they are bad and the school girl is innocent and vulnerable. I may add iconography to my scene without showing anything to violent or dangerous as scenes of violence will not be shown after editing.

Positives of Amy's narrative are that it contains many conventions of a thriller film such as an enigma, the attacker is unknown there for the enigma is created in finding out why he is there and who he is. This will leave the anticipating these questions throughout the rest of the scene. Also representation of characters, the good and bad. The school girl will represent the good and innocent who is weak and vulnerable and the attacker will be dressed in dark colours representing the bad. Also sound causing intensity and suspense for the audience making it a thriller. The setting is also a convention as it is unsafe and will build up the audiences anxiety while the attacker is stalking the victim as its ads even more vulnerability to the innocent victim.
Negatives of Amy's narrative are that as the scene will be set after school it will still be light out there for it will be hard to use low-key lighting and create affects which might take away from how much suspense is built up as the scene will not be as scary in day light as all surrounding are visible and there is less enigma. In this generation people expect technology to be able to create gory violent scene which aren't real but as the technology will not be available to us there will be no detailed scenes of violence. This means there will not be as much anxiety built up and could leave the audience feeling mutual and not wanting to watch the rest of the thriller if they had a chance. 


This is roberts narrative:

• I would want the film to be set in an old abandoned warehouse with low key lighting so there can be shadows formed and give an eerie ore within the building.


• I will make sure the killer has not been seen in the flesh only shadows and noises until they commit a murder on one of the unsuspected victims.


• The killer would be wearing long black flowing clothes and he is supposed to be dead but is not and is getting his own back on his town that treated him so bad during his time there.


• The victims are young college teenagers that are lost in a forest and it begins to rain but then end up in this warehouse where the killer is. The victims are wearing prom clothes as their car broke down on the road to their prom and tried to walk to the prom. The victims are young energetic people one of them is courageous and the rest are timid and scared. But one victim escapes the killer but then he finds her again in her town again and tries to kill her.


• My target audience is mainly teenagers and young adults as I want to set the thriller at a certificate of 15 as i believe the way we will be making this thriller it will too distressing for anybody younger the age of 15. I also believe that anybody under the age of 15 would not be able to appreciate the film.


• The victims body language are very confused scared and worried but one of them is the most courageous and not scared, i have used this so the audience believe he is the killer but it turns out his not. When the victims are killed their body is mutilated with parts missing.
• Positive aspects of Roberts thriller is that I have good storyline as it flows and gives a good aspect for an audience to want to watch on. Also i think that the target audience that I have chosen is the right one as anybody under the age of 15 would not appreciate it enough. Im going to use a good convention of a thriller which is a violent opening scene and a killer and a victim.

  
  

  However negative aspects of roberts thriller could be the realism of the thriller as I don't know if we could film it within an abandoned warehouse as it could be too dangerous. Also I believe I could have used better films as inspirations for my film.

Roberts inspiration is prom night as I want there to be an isolated place where the victims are attacked by the killer as this creates more suspense and tension within the audience as they don't know where the killer is or who is out there. I also used strangers as my inspiration as it is a very scary and jumpy film and I would like to incorporate this within my thriller film as this would make the audience want to watch on to find out what happens.

After discussing our individual narratives, our group decided we would have a young girl taking a short cut home though a forest/field this is the first convention of a thriller film as the audience will know that this is not a safe place to be alone as it will be empty and there will be no local safe houses to go if something did happen. The girl keeps hearing sounds such as rustling from the trees and footsteps, most of the sound in my idea will be natural but after filming I will consider adding non-diegetic sound to build up suspense. While the girl is hearing these mysterious noises she will be turning around to see what they are but nothing will appear to be making these noises. While the young innocent girl is walking through the forest/field there will be camera shots from behind a murderer watching the girl walk home whose identity will be un-known adding an enigma to the opening scene. As the girl gets to the end of the field see drops her hand bag, she still hears the noises and she starts running, the mysterious man then appears in front of her, he then puts a bag over head, ties her up and starts beating her with a baseball bat this will be our iconography to my scene without showing anything to violent or dangerous as scenes of violence will not be shown after editing.

The narrative is conventional as it has all the contentions of a good thriller film. Our group has the right place for our thriller film to be set because it is in a forest/field where a lonely girl would not normally be seen walking, this makes the audience want to wonder why she is walking on her own in a forest and who's watching her. The iconography that we are going to use for this thriller film is conventional because it means that someone is getting attacked, and the audience will feel bad for the girl getting attacked. Also we have included a unknown masked man in the film this builds suspense in the thriller and it causes a enigma.

Our female victim will have school uniform on to show that she is innocent and it shows she just wants to get home from school because its the weekend and she is going out with her friends. The attacker will be masked because it shows a mystery within our thriller, he will be wearing dark clothes as this is conventional to a thriller film.

The audience will build a relationship with the female victim because they know that she is walking home from school not doing any harm to anyone when an attacker comes out of no where to harm the girl. The audience would feel sorry for this girl as she is just trying to get home, also the audience will be able to relate to the school girl because she is the same age as our target audience.

individual narrative.

                                      Individual narrative.

 A narrative is important in a film because it builds a story line for the audience and lets the audience understand what is going on and what is going to happen.

Using the research and analysis i have done i am going to use this information to help me understand and make my own thriller, my thriller should include:

- The narrative I want to have for my film is a camping scene, where you can see shadows of the killer from the inside of the tent but the audience do not know who the killer is until the victim has been attacked or killed.

- The attacker would be wearing dark colours and covering their identity by using low key lights, the attacker would be an obsessed previous boyfriend that thinks what the victim did to him was not right and he wasn't revenge. The victim wearing brights colours and their personality would be a very happy and bubbly person, which no fear of anything and nothing to worry about in their life.  

- The target audience for my thriller would be teenagers because i would want it to use violence to a moderate level, so i think don't this film would be appropriate to be a film rated 15.

- The location for my thriller would be in a field or a forest, i feel as if this would make the audience be put on edge and this is also a conventional for where a thriller to be.

- I would use the axe as the weapon and iconography, this would be a good convention of a weapon in a thriller.

-The body language of the victims would be very scared and confused, it would make the audience suspicious of what is going on. I would make the attacker very upfront and no worried about being caught for attacking the person, this would make the audience want to know why he has killed the victim and why.
-My narraitive appeals to my target audience because it will ahve some violence in it which will be enough to put the audience of the age category 15 on edge, i want the audience to be worried about what is going to happen next i also want to make sure that they are always thinking about what is going to happen next within my thriller film.

My inspiration for this thriller was strangers because i want the attack to happen in a isolated location and there will be one or two characters on their own in the tent, which relates to two characters in the house in the middle of no where, i also want the main victim to be a female as this is conventional to a thriller film which is like the film strangers. I am also going to use masks for the attacker of my thriller film to make the attacker seem mysterious, this idea came from the film strangers. Also another inspiration for my thriller was prom night because the attacker would be chasing and hunting one person and the person would be wearing dark colors and the shadows would cover the identity of the attacker, this relates to the prom night scene when the attacker and victim are in the hotel room. I also want to use the light colours of the victim and dark colours for the attacker so you can clearly see who is the attacker when filming.

The audience would be able to relate to my narrative as the characters are around the same age and they would also be thinking of when they were going camping and if this would ever occur to them. The could also be able to understand why the attacker would be trying to hunt this couple as he was a previous boyfriend and ex-boyfriends can become very jealous when the girl starting going out with another boy. The narrative will appear to the target audience as they will think it is a real life situation that any of them could be in, the audience will know the dangers of camping on their own and would hopefully understand the risks that this couple are putting themselves in.

what is a thriller

What is a thriller film?

One of the main codes and convention of a thriller film is the enigma, this gives the audience a question in their for example in the film saw 1, the enigma would be “why is there a dead body in the middle of the bathroom” and this is a mystery for the audience. The use of mystery builds suspense within the thriller. Another convention of a thriller film is that is always a good and evil. For example in the film strangers the women that is getting attacked by the strangers is vulnerable but seen as the good and the strangers are seen as the evil because they are attacking a weak and scared women. The use of enigma in thriller films gets the attention of the target audience because they feel more involved in the film because they want to solve the mystery. In this thriller, the female character is represented to be the weaker of the characters, something that is very conventional to thriller films and something the audience would expect to see. Also in thriller films they use iconography for example in the film scream 1 when the attacker is chasing the women, you can see he has a knife in his hand which signifies he is going to kill her, its shows the audience that something bad is going to happen to the girl, which surprises and shocks the audience, elements that are very conventional and important to thrillers and elements that the target audience would expect to feel when they watch the thriller. This appeals to the target audience because the iconography used in scream 1 makes the audience scared and tense, which is something the expect and want to feel when they watch a thriller film. The character of the killer is represented to be powerful and strong because of the iconography used and this is conventional to thrillers because the killer is usually the most scary and powerful character within the narrative.

In the thriller film Saw 1, the opening scene helps define the genre of the film because the iconography that is used in the film is a gun and a tape recorder, the gun would signify to the audience that someone has been or is going to be killed. The enigma for this thriller film is the two characters are tired up with large steel chains, and another man is dead on the floor, this would be a mystery for the audience because they would wonder why there would be a dead person in the middle of the room, which would build the suspense of the thriller. This is what would make the audience know that the film is a thriller. Because these things are conventional to thriller films, they are something the audience would expect to see, which would make the target audience enjoy the thriller more. The location for the film is an abandoned bathroom, you can tell it is abandoned because the walls are all dirty and the man says, “no one can hear you” this shows that the bathroom is abandoned also, this would shock the audience and build the suspense as they would realise that the characters are all alone. This is another convention of thriller films and the audience would expect to see this because an abandoned location creates fear and mystery as the audience know that the characters are in a place where they are alone, so no help can come to them, which builds the suspense even more, something that the audience would  

This film (Saw 1) is going to help me when doing my own thriller film because in the film it has dark colours at the start and I would want dark colours in my thriller because it is conventional to thriller films, so the audience would expect to see that from my thriller. Also I would want a good enigma, for example the killer could stalk the victim before killing or attacking them. I would include an enigma because it is conventional and draws the target audience into the thriller, making the target audience enjoy my film more. Also I would use a range of different camera shots that will help me focus on the attacker from different angles so the audience do not know fully who the attacker is, until the attacks takes place. Also I would represent the killer in dark clothes to show they are the the villain and the victims in bright happy colours to show that they are innocent victims. This would help me to make my thriller film successful because conventions such as this are things that the target audience would expect to see from thriller films, so including these conventions would make my thriller more enjoyable for the target audience.

In the thriller film the ring, the opening scene explains to the audience that it is thriller film because the fridge moves forward and the television turns on, this makes the audience want to know who this mystery character is. Also when she looks into the turned off television she sees a shadow moving in the background, this also makes the audience want to know what this character is and what it is doing in the house. The mystery is conventional to thriller film, so is something the audience would expect to see. The location of the thriller is in a dark and gloomy house; this is conventional because this is a place for a thriller film to be take place because it sets a dark and gloomy atmosphere for the scene, which makes the audience begin to suspect  something bad will happen in this room. There is also a vulnerable girl on her own in the house; she is obviously the victim in this thriller, at the end of the opening scene clip the girl is walking to her bedroom and there is water on the floor and the handle of the room the audience would be thinking why is the water there? Along with the mystery and questions, the character of the young girl is represented as the victim because she is vulnerable, this is also conventional because women are seen as the weaker sex, so most thrillers have a young female victim so this is something the audience would expect to see from a thriller film. When the girl opens the door the sound squeaks and the girl is changing into something. This shocks and surprises the audience as they do not expect this to happen, these are again conventional elements that the audience expects to feel when they watch a thriller film.

This analysis will help me during my thriller because it has taught me when to use conventions and code during my thriller because they are what the audience want to see and expect to see, so that will make my thriller more successful.

mise-en-scene analysis george hoy

George Hoy mise-en-scene; prom night.

Mise-en-scene is a French term meaning what is put into the scene for example some of theses can be setting and iconography. The mise-en-scene allows the audience to understand what is going on, setting and iconography allows the audience to know the location and the props that are used in a thriller film.

The setting for the film, prom night was at a hotel, this is not a typical location for a thriller film to be set because everyone seems happy and like their having a good time. It is an unusual for the location to be set here and it isn't very conventional to a thriller film because in a hotel everyone is partying and having a good time but it could be seen as conventional to a thriller film because it is a open space and the killer can see his victim and also the killer can hide from his victim, which makes the thriller more realistic and relatable because the characters are in a  natural setting, which makes the thriller more enjoyable for the audience.

The iconography that was used in the thriller is a variety because it was glasses and wine bottles at the beginning of the clip that represented that the characters were having a party and having a enjoyable time but when the killer was trying to attack the girl he used a fire extinguisher to break through to the door to get to her. Once the killer broke through the door he took a knife out of this pocket, which is conventional to a thriller film because it shows that he is going to try and kill her. The weapon itself is conventional because knives can cause a lot of damage and pain, things that are conventional to thrillers. It also gives the killer a sense of power because he has a weapon and no on else in the film does, which makes him even more scary.

The costumes that are used are prom clothes, suits and dresses, but the killer is wearing dark clothes and hat this is to represents he is mysterious and he is trying to hide his identify. This shows that the killer wants to hide his identity, which is typically found in a thriller film because the audience do not know whom the killer is at the first stage of the clip because there is also a flashing light covering his face. Because the killer's identity is hidden, it builds tension because it could be anyone and the audience doesn't know so they become more involved in the film.

The facial expressions that are used in the thriller are different in the situations because they go from a fun and happy party, where the girl that is going to be attacked is happy and dancing but when is she hiding from the killer there is a nervous and frightened look in her face. The killers face however is completely different, he is very concentrated and looks angry in a way because it isn't as easy as he thought it would be. The girl is hiding and running away from him and in the end she finds the police and is safe from the killer. This is conventional to thrillers because it usually takes a little while for the killer to get to his victim because then the struggle between the two people builds the tension within the film and draws the audience in. This would make the audience feel relived because she is safe and the killer didn't get to her.

The main character positions when she is looking for her mother scarf is central to the camera shot, the light is flickering and the killer is directly behind her. This is conventional because it makes the audience think that something is going to happen to the girl, which would be very conventional to thrillers because it is typically girls that are the victims. But in fact nothing does because just as the killer is going to stabs her she ducks down.

The colouring that was used in the thriller prom night was different throughout, when everyone was out side it very dark and flashing lights were used (police cars) but inside the room where the attack is taking place the lights are flashing and the colours are dark, it shows that something bad is going to happen and gives the audience a feeling that something bad is going to happen so it puts the audience on edge. The lighting that is used in the hotel room was low key but the main lighting came from light above them but this light was flashing on and off and the backlighting came from the small lamps that were positioned on the wall, there wasn't no real filter light used except a window that was allows some moonlight in. The low key lightening creates shadows and this helps hide the identity of the killer, this keeps the audience into suspense. This is all conventional because the dark lighting hides parts of the scene which creates suspense within the film and creates a sense of mystery and the darkness is conventional because it creates an eerie atmosphere.

This analysis has helped me understand what mise-en-scene is because I would except to see in a thriller film, for example I would use props to show the weapons that have been used in a thriller film. also i would used conventional colour of clothing, white for the victim and black for the attacker.