Film Studies

What Is a Thriller Film?

Objective:  The objective of the lesson is for all students to understand what a thriller film is. Students should able to demonstrate their understanding

Task1

GC	Point	Evidence	Explain	Relate
Cinematography	Mid-shot	Conversation between the two detectives	They are talking about the investigation	This makes the audience feel more involved in the movie and wants them to know more about the film
Sound	Diegetic sound	When the detective turns off the light in scene	This is falls into the Mise-en-scene as well because it makes the film look realistic	This makes the audience think that the scene is realistic
Editing	Straight cut	When the two detectives are talking about the dead body	The storyline is being introduced and the audience start to suspect that the film is a crime or thriller	This helps with the target audience because they will become more intrigued with the film and want to know more about the film and start asking questions about the film making them watch it more
Mise-en-Scene	Costumes	The uniforms and the detectives badge	This is to make the film look realistic	This also gives the audience an idea of what is going to happen also this sets the mood as in the audience can get ready for the movie which is a crime and thriller
Target Audience	18	The graphic scenes of violence which and also the have explicit images	To set the mood for crime film and the suspense of the film	This is for people who are interested in crime and thrillers and also the film contains bad language and very explicit images
Surprise, Shock and Suspense	The music	In the title sequence	The music creates suspense because the music they play	This makes the audience get in the mood for the movie

Task 2

The film Seven is a thriller because of the some of the generic conventions it follows and also some of the graphic scenes it has, such as in scene one where they discover the dead body this is part of the introduction to tell you that this movie is going to be a crime and thriller because it will make the audience want to find out more about the movie. Also in the title sequence where there are introducing the characters the font they used is like hey have sketched in also they add different images of people with sharp objects in there head. This will make the audience ask what is going on, furthermore there is a part where somebody cuts of there finger tips this adds suspense to the film because you want to know why he is doing that. From the those scenes in the film I can tell that the film is going to be a thriller, crime and a mystery film

Task 3

This could help me when it comes to making my thriller film because in the movie Seven I think that the title sequence keeps you in suspense and that is what makes a good thriller, keeping the audience is suspense. Also I will try and Make my own way but similar to the opening to the movie Seven because uses the opening sequence which is quite scary.