Thriller Definition

•             Exciting plot
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•             Thriller films that primly use action and suspense to engage the audience
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•              Emphasis nervous tension and anxiety

•              Distinct from horror and movie movies – but links to them (has fear and exhilaration too)
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•              They often evolve topic such as – crime, disaster movie, action adventure, dangerous and creating suspense
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•              Often has elements of other genres – hybrid genre
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•           Suspense is the main theme – can’t show everything in order to create suspense

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•       Hitchcock ---- likes how thrillers put ‘the common man into the protagonist position’   

•       Action movies are too unrealistic and skilled - thrillers have more common protagonists

  

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Now You See Me

• dark scene but part of mans face and cards are illuminated - draws our attention to the important part - also makes the magician seem mysterious
• He looks right at the camera - engages the audience and makes the scene very intense
• he also has a long fringe which stops just above his eyes - adds to the mystery as it covers a lot of his face
• we have an open shot to give a sense of there being an endless crowd of people watching
• the cards are all too blurry to read properly accept for one card - this means the viewer and the people in the film all see the same card
• it is a point-of-view shot when he performs the trick - this engages the viewer and makes us want to try out the trick
• we then see a shot that pans up to look at the building - makes the building look powerful at the trick feels more amazing and exciting
• the next scene is in a very different location and with different people - this engages us and stops the viewers from getting bored of the same set up - it also gives us a feeling of there being a lot of people in the trade
• we have no introduction to the characters - we just go straight to the script which gives no background
• high speed editing when trying to find out about the woman - makes the viewers feel tense and gripped
• we zoom in on different areas to see different ways he could react
• when the man takes the money from the client it is down very quickly and low down - makes it seem a shifty trade
• in the boat scene the magician has harsh shadows on his eyes so they look black - makes him seem more shifty
• highly saturated colours makes a more trustworthy feel - misleading
• we get very close when he bends the spoon - focus all the viewers attention on the trick - more tense
• very high speed editing to show how quickly the magician takes from the other man
• seamless editing as man run down stairs then the next shot is the women running up different stairs - gives a more satisfying high speed affect - gives a feeling of the craft of magic an tricks being very smooth and easy
• we keep being reminded of the timer - makes the whole thing stay feeling tense
• a few quick shots of the piranhas above her to keep reminding her of what she is up against
• we are tricked into feeling the woman will make it before the piranhas are dropped on her but she just doesn't make it - gives a false sense of relief
• lots of folly sound affects - adds to the tension of the scene
• lots of scene that are filmed inside the tank - makes the viewer more engaged as the viewer feel the are also trapped in the tank

The Disappearance of Alice Creed

The Disappearance of Alice Creed 

close up shots give no show of space around them, makes her seem trapped

she is often quite central and  lit up and she is focused and he is very unfocused so the viewer focuses on her lots more 

unflattering lighting shows her to be in a bad state

camera focuses on her gazing at gun and camera follows her vision and focuses on the gun, this lets the viewer follow her thought process and relate to her and feel more as if were there and it effects us

Kidulthood

kidulthood 

camera pans side to side, feels like the people are being watched by a person

someone talks then the camera pans to the side and another conversation is overheard, makes the school ground seem very busy and theres always a lot going on

lots of people in every shot in the background, makes it seem more busy

quickly introduces the characters to the film

lots of depth of field to draw in the eye

pull focus- move from different parts in focus

Welcome to the punch

Welcome to the punch

High, zoomed out camera, makes it seem like cctv, shows theyre doing something bad

Lots of lines in the scene, gives sense of very controlled actions

Three shot, extreme underneath angle, against light, silhouette of face, mysterious, and intimidating

The Bourne Supremacy

The Bourne Supremacy

the character asking questions has more light on his face so we focus more on him

but he also has more unflattering shadows, makes him seem sketchy and a bad character 

filmed so the man in suit is higher up, shows dominance 

interrogator is always in the shot, makes him seem close and makes the other person feel trapped

hand held camera – realism and puts the viewer on edge

greater intimacy with the  guy being asked questions

keeping him in the shot means we are waiting for for something to happen

lots of edits in the fight, tense, fast pace, lots of camera work

lots of diagetic souds(clicking with gadgets) also nondiagetic sounds (tense music)

lots of quick mid shots (high speed editing)

fairly slow paced, smooth shots until action starts and suddenly the cameras very shaky and moves around a lot rather than still camera shots

camera goes from focusing on one object in his hand to the other, makes us feel like we are him looking at his hands, makes the film feel more realistic and engaging