Analysis of completed sequence

Narrative Structure

A man is sat at a desk drawing pictures and holding a knife. The pictures that he is drawing are shown and the man drawing the pictures is also shown. The man then is seen to be holding his head and rocking as if he's in pain. He then picks up the knife and the drawings and walks out the room.

Thriller codes and conventions

The most thriller convention that is used is partial vision, this is used in order to hide the man's identity. It also makes the sequence more secretive. Also, the music that is user creates tension and anticipation. The opening creates enigmas codes like:

• Who's the man?
• What is he drawing?
• Why is he drawing?
• Why is he seemingly in pain?
• Who's are the screams?

Camerawork

The majority of the shots that have been used are close ups of the pictures and the materials on the desk, to put more emphasis on the objects rather than the man. mid shots have also been used in order to show the audience what the man is doing. At the beginning of the sequence panning is used in order to show the desk and what is on it.

Mise-en-scene

The lighting that has been used is dark and we have used minimal this is to create a dark atmosphere and make the scene more ominous. Important props like a knife and drawings are used in order to indicate to the audience what may happen in the film.

Sound

The non diegetic music that we have heard is dark and eerie in order to add to the dark atmosphere that has already been created. Also, we have tried to include diegetic like screaming in order to enforce upon the readers the idea of a twisted mentality.

Editing

Our Thriller film is a montage of different images that have happened throughout a small amount of time, this is to see the different things that the man will be doing. Also, jump cuts have been used in order to make the sequence less linear and to again enforce upon the reader a twisted mentality.

Graphics

Throughout the film we have used a times new roman font in white capitals, this is so the credits don't over power the sequence but are still obvious. We also didn't want anything fancy which will reflect the character's personality.