Section 12: Analysis of Completed Thriller

Narrative Structure:
Linear narrative
First scenes show the characters, this introduces the audience to the characters and the audience knows that the film is about them.
 Thriller Codes and Conventions:
Concealment and protraction of the killers face. All you can see in the opening shots are ones of the killers body.
This makes the audience question who the killer is and what they are doing. The audience also
questions what has happened to the little boy and where he has gone.
Camera Work:
Low angles show the child's point of view.
High angles show an adults point of view, either the mother or the killer.
The camera inside the cupboard and behind the door makes the audience think that maybe
there is something in there and then a reverse shot shows that there isn't anything there.
Sound:
Isolated piano notes makes the atmosphere seem creepy. The music is uneasy and it building suspense.
The audience can hear the character (Lisa) counting, this show what game the two characters
are playing instantly so the audience can relate to what is happening.
Editing:
Shots cut from scene to scene at a fast pace to create suspense for the audience.
The writing in the graphics that we used were in red. We did this because red can be
associated with  blood, anger and love.
Mise-En-Scene:
Couches and cushions, pictures of family but can't see the people in them. Shows a family home/envirnoment. Kitchen, oven etc - Family life. Clothes, normal everyday clothes - represents the heroic romance convention, normal family but something extraordinary happens
Graphics:
Red lettering - represents blood, anger, love etc.
Creepy font, adds to the atmosphere.