For a thriller in-particular, it adds suspense and tension. It will often start off slow and smooth, then build up to make certain shots more dramatic.

Within our thriller we used diegetic sound, examples of where we used this are when the murderer was scrapping the knives together, creating a screech. The non-diegetic sound was the soundtrack, the music itself had a crescendo when it came to the chorus, and the effect of this was to make the audiences hearts race faster, foreshadowing a significant event in the narrative.

Diegetic and Non-diegetic sound is also an important feature for a thriller film; used in cut-aways to show something completely unrelated to the storyline. This is used to then build back up the suspense by showing the audience something shocking and then to calm them down again with the use of a cut-away.

In my thriller we used music and non/diegetic sound, the music was that of “In Flames” by Natalie Lungley as it fitted the conventions of a thriller with it being slow paced at the beginning and later on getting faster. We made sure to include shots that were suitable to the music’s pace as well as editing to the beat of the song; it would make the thriller more effective.

There is often low-key lighting as it can help to conceal who the murderer/psychopathic killer is, hiding features of the face. We used this as well as dressing the murderer in all black clothing to make sure that the audience wouldn’t be able to tell who the antagonist is. 

Black clothing is also used in The Bourne Ultimatum for the antagonists, portraying danger and to have their identity hidden, we used this clothing as a silhouette to create the same effect of that in Psycho.  

With costumes, the antagonist would be dressed in dark clothes to hide identity of that person which we stuck to in our thriller. The protagonist, victim in our case will most likely be wearing every-day clothing, our victim was dressed in party clothing as in the narrative it states that she is on her way to a party. 

Make-up is essential for a thriller; suggesting social groups and personality of that character. The murderer in our thriller had their characteristics concealed as they wore all black clothing and their face was covered, there being no make-up needed for this character, however for the victim we made sure that because she was on her way to apart that she was signifying this.

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It is typical for a thriller to have a large amount of close-ups and extreme close ups of the protagonist character, this is often to show their emotions and is to focus on props that aid the narrative.

It is typical for a thriller to have a large amount of close-ups and extreme close ups of the protagonist character, this is often to show their emotions and is to focus on props that aid the narrative.

The shots of the antagonist character will more often than not be cut quickly, aiming to hide their identity. This is done by using a shot of the back of them, with low-key lighting, a silhouette or shadow of this character. 

We stuck somewhat to the protagonist having the main focus, yet we changed the camera angle, shooting footage from different places with only them being in the shot. The main close-ups of this character where when she was walking, no distinct emotion as she believed she was on her own, and the same emotion as to later when she is laying on the floor unconscious.  

The shots of the antagonist, murderer were that of when she was facing away from the victim to then turn around and reach out to grab her. Thus sticking to the conventions of cinematography with the murderer.