Genre Research: Thriller

 Camera Angles and Movements:

  • Canted Angle - A slightly slanted shot that can portray madness, suspense, unease, etc. 

  • Close up and Extreme Close ups - A shot that closes in on something adding a sense of drama, emotion, and tension.

  • High Angle - A shot that focuses on something from a higher angle, this makes an uncomfortable and vulnerable environment for the character, making the higher position seem like higher power.

  • Low Angle - A shot that focuses on something from a lower angle pointing upwards, it reflects the opposite effect as the high angle making the character in view seem more powerful.

  • Wide Shot - A shot that shows entire objects, figures, and spaces to make someone seem isolated.

  • Panning Shot - A shot that makes the viewer take in or search for something, or also focus on isolation.

 Mis-En-Scene:

  • Costumes: Monster, Killer, Pursuer, and everyday clothes.

  • Lighting: 

  • Under Lighting - When the main source of light comes from below the subject.

  • High Key Lighting - When multiple filler lights are used to make a sort of realistic lighting.

  • Back Light - When light is put at the rear of a subject to light it from the back side, to counter the key light and make objects seem more rounded. 

  • Key Lighting - The brightest and most influential form of light that is used to highlight a subject's dimensions.

  • Filler Light - When one or more reflectors are used to soften harsh shadows.

  • Low Key Lighting - When light is made by using the key and back lights.

  • Top Lighting - When light is placed above a character or object.

  • Acting: Involves characters being scared or trepidatious of their surrounding conditions.

  • Make-up: Monster, blood, and age.

  • Props: Weapons, vehicles, tools, and electronics.

  • Setting: Night, Haunted, Halloween, alleyways, town, and other ordinary but suspenseful places.

Editing:

  • Fast Paced - Several consecutive shots of brief duration.

  • Slow Paced - Shots of long duration.

  • Shot Reverse Shot - When two characters in the same scene are filmed separately using different camera angles.

  • Jump Cut - Cutting between two sequential shots.

Sounds: Voice overs, dialogue, screams, creaking, footsteps, etc.


Films: Unhinged (2020), Old (2021), Don’t Breathe (20016).


Elements My Group Likes:

My group likes the usage of camera angles and lighting the most in this genre. I would utilize the different types of lighting commonly used in films that fall into this genre to change the mood or change the level of suspense. I would also use the conventional camera angles to emphasize on characters' mental states, suspense, and the settings environment.


Elements My Group Does Not Like:

My group dislikes the usage of props and costumes. This is because the usage of props and costumes can be critical to perception given of a character to a viewer. Due to this the costumes and props used can determine whether or not a movie can be regarded as quality or not.


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