Preliminary Task- Miss Miller

Preliminary task

The group that I worked with for my preliminary task included Hannah Hobbs and Ella Sawtell. The purpose of the preliminary task was to get used to the equipment we will be using and to understand how to use different camera angles. We had to experiment with different camera angles to see which ones work and which ones don't. Our sequence had to be based on a conversation and it also had to be under a minute. After filming, we then went back to the class room to analyse our work and to then edit it. It took a while to get used to editing and also to use things like blur to link the different clips together.

In our groups we had to film a sequence including camera angles like panning, shot reverse shot, over shoulder shot, close up and long shot. We used camera angles like panning in chase scenes, shot reverse shot to show a conversations occurring and close up to show our characters true emotions.  These camera angles are conventional to the thriller genre and they are used to show facial expressions body language. I think that my group was very organised and prepared and we knew exactly what we had to do. We had a good understanding of the different camera angles we had to use and we also understood quickly how to use the camera and the tripod. However my group did struggle with adjusting the height of the tripod and using different shots without the tripod. We also struggled to keep the camera steady when we weren't using the tripod which was a real problem because it made our footage very shaky and not very clear. When we film our opening sequence we will make sure the camera is always attached to the tripod to make sure that this problem doesn't happen again. We will also become more familiar with the tripod and how you adjust the height of it so that we will find it easier to use. I think if we were made more familiar with the camera and tripod then we would have been able to use it better.  From watching our footage back we were able to see what mistakes we had made when filming.  We had made mistakes such as a shaky camera on certain angles and we had left the tripod in shot in one scene. Without watching the footage back on the computer, we wouldn't have been able to notice these mistakes.

This task was extremely useful in the running up period of  making our opening sequence because it taught us how to use the camera and also how to use the tripod. It also taught us how to edit our footage which is really useful when cropping out mistakes we had made. I have learnt from doing this task that editing is very important when making a film or particular scene. My group needs to ensure that we carry on with using the camera angles we were using and also to make sure we don't make the same mistakes twice. This task has also made us more prepared for filming because we now know what basic camera angles to use and how they can be used effectively. Without doing this task we would be going into filming unprepared and unaware of how to use the camera and tripod. The main thing we learnt though was how to use the equipment to make different shots. For example you can make the over shoulder shot but placing the camera on the tripod directly above but behind someone's shoulder. This camera angle is great to show conversations or even confrontations. This task has shown me how to make this camera angle and many more.

Group narrative - Miss Georgiou

My idea

Narrative ideas

The narrative is important because it tells the audience the background story of a film. It also makes the film have a meaning. Without the narrative the film would be confusing to the audience because they wouldn't know what was going on. The narrative keeps the film together and stops the storyline from going off track. Thriller narratives should have a tense opening sequence to grab the audience and pull them into the film straight away.

Narrative

I have come up with a narrative about an old eerie forest which has had some weird unexplained happenings occur in it. A group of friends take a trip to the forest for a day out and they suddenly become trapped and in danger. The forest plays with your mind and makes you confused and lost really easily. There is also a dark cloaked figure constantly lurking amongst the trees, spying on people that enter the forest. There have been constant sightings of this figure and some even say he follows you when you leave the forest. 10 people have suddenly disappeared over the course of two years. 

My opening sequence will consist of 3 friends going to the forest to try and find out what all the fuss is about. After one girl spots the dark figure in the corner of her eye they leave thinking that it was just her imagination going wild. She returns home haunted by her experience and goes to bed trying to forget about it. She later wakes to find that she is back in the forest. Scared and confused she tries to find her way out but she ends up encountering the figure again. This time she doesn't  escape. She becomes the 11th person to go missing. The opening sequence the ends with a close up of the dark figure with just his face showing. 

Ella's idea

INDIVIDUAL NARRATIVE IDEAS

(planning the thriller production)

My production is going to be a thriller film. Planning out my narrative is important so i know exactly what i am going to do and collect all of my ideas.

Firstly, my first ideas for my setting are:

• Small town
• Dark and gloomy/bad weather
• A small crowded place e.g. forest with lots of trees and some greenery& plants or messy room
• Abandoned house in a middle of a street

I want my thriller opening sequence to be a cliff hanger. This keeps the audience/watchers wanting to watch the whole film and eager to know what is next. This creates suspense and catches more views from the audience.

Furthermore, i will use animals e.g. dogs in my opening sequence. This creates a little more adventure instead of just using me and my other group members in our opening sequence.

My overall narrative story line will have a dark setting. For my first initial idea I will be filming in two different scenes. In the first seconds of the scene The audience will see a news flash on the television being watched by myself. The news flash will contain a recent reoccurring murder that has taken place in that day. Then myself and Hannah from my group will be having a friendly conversation walking down a open road. We happen to come onto the conversation of the news flash. Whilst walking with out pets(dogs) we see a van speed of with a young boy inside trapped in the back, we think nothing of it until we head into a pathway leading into the forest. It's only until then the camera slowly zooms into a body laying on the floor. The scene will end here on a cliff-hanger.

There are many conventions that will be used in this opening sequence. Firstly the setting is dark and with minimal lighting. Furthermore, i feel that I have created something different to normal thrillers. I am going to use a male victim instead of a female, this will give a different aspect onto the audience, creating a completely different view on thriller films. I have tried to keep a simple story line although one that will keep the viewers interested. Although this might not be my final idea, I feel that this narrative story line would work well and have good feedback from the audience. I will receive feedback from my questionnaire  and from this I will discuss with my group what works well and what doesn't  Although I feel I will use typical conventions that the audience love to see. E.g. A weapon In the scene somewhere which could conclude to some sort of evidence. Furthermore a lot of drama to keep the pace of the film going. Although i am only making an short opening I want the audience to want watch more and feel like this could be a real film.

I think that Ella's post is good because I like the  setting of the story and I also like the story line itself. I think that Ella has put a lot of thought into her narrative and she has put thought into the conventions as well which is helpful when coming up with ideas. The disadvantages to Ella's post is I think that the opening sequence could be too long and over 2 minutes. I also think that it would give away too much of the storyline which would ruin the rest of the film.  

Hannah's idea

A narrative is important to a film as it creates a main purpose for the film. Without a narrative the film would be unwatchable as there would not be a point or solution. It is important to have a narrative for a thriller as it should create enigma to keep the audience engaged and making them want to continue watching, also creating the three key elements of shock, surprise and suspense.

I will target my thriller towards people aged 15+ as some of the scenes may be upsetting towards a younger viewer and may potentially be scary due to the use of blood, gore and weapons. 

My own individual narrative for my thriller sequence is based around a boy that was kidnapped which the reason is unknown to the audience, tied up and taken to the middle of the forest. The audience will see the struggle of the boy and the flashes of the event. By using flashes of the event, and not completely showing the event I hope this will create enigma as they are wanting to know what is happening to the boy and why, making the audience want to watch on, to see why this has happened. The sequence will then end on a cliff hanger when two girls who happen to be walking into the forest discover the boy. This is a cliff hanger as the sequence would end on a scream, which is unknown to the audience who's scream this is, the audience would then begin to wonder is there a reoccurring theme of entering the forest and death.

Some conventions that i will include in the opening sequence could be set in a forest at night time. This is because it conforms with typical thriller conventions of an isolated setting as it is in the middle of nowhere, automatically giving a sense of fear and danger as there is nobody around to see, hear or help if anything dangerous occurred. Furthermore, the use of dark lighting creates suspense as the vision is slightly impaired in darker vision so it is harder to see what is going on and what is hiding within the darkness. This makes the audience sympathizes for the protagonists as they are not aware of what is about to happen and has less of a chance to defend there self as they cannot see what is coming.

Another convention I will use is the use of iconography. the iconography my group will use is most probably a fake knife. This is because a knife is a typical weapon you would expect to see within a thriller film. A knife has several connotations such as death, brutality, blood and violence. This will create a sense of foreboding for the audience as the knife will be a clue that something bad is going to happen to one, or possibly three of the characters. 

Advantages to Hannah's post are it is a good idea and it also has a clear story line to it. The opening sequence is very intense and it will drag the audience into the film. She has also looked at the age rating of the film and who the film is aimed at. This is a good idea because  it makes the film easier to create. 

Disadvantages to Hannah's narrative is it could last longer then the allowed time we have. Another problem we could come across is getting the iconography i.e. the van and so on.

Final group narrative

Begins with news report about disappearances in local area.. Continue throughout scene, hear screeches of van tires and screams. Then have the news report playing, then shots of a dark figure walking past the window,

It then continues on two friends walking dogs in forest, see boy roped up looking possessed, scene ends on cliff-hanger of two girls turning round looking for help, seeing dark figure in the forest, audience wonder what dark figure is, why its there and trying to take children. 

Our opening sequence is the ending to our film. We have done this to make our audience watch the film to the very end to find out what really has happened. We have shown our disequilibrium at the end instead of the beginning of our sequence. 

Research into target audience- Miss Miller

Research into target audience

I carried out some research to find out what people expect to see in thriller films. I asked 40 people so that my questionnaire would have a wide variety of people. From looking at my final results I will be able to make my opening sequence based around the answers people gave me.

This pie chart is based on the ages of people who have answered the questionnaire. This is one of my questions because I need an idea of what age certificate my opening sequence should be. This also helps me find out what kind of thriller films people of different ages like. From this pie chart you can see that the majority of people (43%) I asked were ages 16-20. 22% of people I asked were 12-15 and 13 % of people I asked were 30 plus. The lowest percentage was 21-30 with 10%. From these results I can know look to aim my thriller film towards people ages 16-20 because they are the ones who are most interested in this type of genre.

This pie chart is based on the gender. Over half the people I asked to answer my questionnaire were male with 58% of them being male. Just below that figure were females with 42%. This was one of my questions in my questionnaire because it shows me if what males and females like to see in thriller films.

This pie chart is based on peoples opinions of thriller films. It shows in percentages how many people do like thriller films and how many don't. From looking at the results you can see that 82% of people do like thriller films and only 18% don't like thriller films. For me looking at these results I can see that people do like thriller films and that I have a large target audience that will like to watch my opening sequence.

This pie chart is asking people what kind of music people like to hear in thriller films. The pie chart shows that 37% of people I asked like tense music, 27% like eerie music and 18% like slow and fast music. These results will help me chose what music I will use in my opening sequence. Without asking this question and getting the results I wouldn't be able to decide what music to use in my thriller sequence because I wouldn't know what people prefer most. I will include tense music and eerie music in my clip because they are most popular in my results. I have also chosen two kinds of music to use because my clip needs tense scenes and also eerie scenes to really drag the audience into the clip. 

This pie chart is showing if people like a identified killer or a non identified killer. From looking at these results you can see that 53% of people don't like a identified killer and 47% of people do like an identified killer. These set of results is key to my thriller clip because the killer is one of the main characters in a thriller film. After some thinking I will use a non identified killer in my opening sequence because it leave the audience thinking who is it.

This pie chart is showing what peoples favourite thriller setting is. From looking at these results you can see that 33% of people like an isolated house, 32% like a haunted house, 22% like a forest setting and 13% of people like an abandoned building. This is another important question because the setting of a thriller film is key. From looking at these results I have chosen an isolated setting because it makes the audience tense because they aren't familiar with the surroundings.

This pie is showing whether or not the person answering the questionnaire thinks that a female victim works well or not or even sometimes. From looking at these result you can see that 77% of people said they do think a female victim works well, 20% said they don't and 3% said sometimes a female victim works well. In my opinion I think that a female victim is vital to attach the audience to the film because females are more helpless and innocent.

This pie chart is showing what people like about thriller films. From looking at the pie chart you can see that 40% like that thriller films create suspense, 35% like the narrative and 35% like the iconography. I agree with the pie chart as I like the fact that thriller films create suspense. Without suspense, thriller films wouldn't be as appealing.
 

This pie chart is showing what conventions people like and why. From looking at thee pie chart you can see that 37% of people like the music in thriller films, 33% like the scene and 30% like the female victim. This pie chart is a good indicator to me and my group what conventions we should use.

This final pie chart is showing what weapons people think work well and why. From looking at the pie chart you can see that 68% of people think that the knife works well in thriller films, 22% think that a gun works well and 10% think that an axe works well. I have decided to use a knife in my thriller sequence because it is a clear indication to the audience that the killer is dangerous.

I found all of the research I carried out very useful. It has given me ideas to help me make my opening thriller sequence. The two things I found especially useful is the favourite thriller setting question and the question whether on not you like an identified killer or not. These two questions have helped me make a decision on what kind of location im going to use and whether or not my killer is going to be identified. With these two things sorted I can now go on to put the rest of my sequence together. Without using the questionaire and pie charts I wouldnt be able to make my thriller sequence suitable to the public because I wouldnt know what things the public like. If I was to carry out this research again I would go into more detail on the type of questions I asked. This is because I would like to find out why that specific person might like that convention or technique. I would also ask questions like what film do you prefer and then give them a choice of a couple of films. I would do this to see what kind of films they like.

QUESTIONARE

Closed questions:

1.Whats your age?

(0-11)

(12-15)

(16-20)

(21-30)

(31+)

2.Whats your gender?

(female)

(male)

(other)

3.Do you like thriller films?

(yes)

(no)

4.What music do you like in a thriller?

(eerie)

(tense)

(fast)

(slow)

5.Do you like the killer to be identified or not?

(yes)

(no)

(maybe)

6.What is your favorite thriller setting?

(forest)

(haunted house)

(abandoned building)

(isolated place)

7.Do you think the female victim works well?

(yes)

(no)

(sometimes)

Open questions:

1.What do you like about thriller films?

(public answer)

2.What conventions do you like? Why?

(public answer)

                3. What weapons do you think work well? Why?

(public answer)

Research into editing styles - Miss Georgiou

Editing in Thrillers

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s3nIw30hn4U

Editing is changes that have been made to a film to make it more flowing and better to watch. Editing is important in thriller films because it lets the film produces create suspense scenes easily and lets the create dramatic build ups. The film I will be analysing is "Silence of the lambs". I have picked the scene where the convict escapes because it shows some clear editing techniques.

The first editing technique I noticed was suspense. You can notice this right at the start of the clip when the camera sweeps over the tape recorder playing music. The calm music is supposed to make the audience think that nothing bad will happen in this clip and that the music is only to sooth the convict. As the audience we know that this is not the case. Calm music in thriller films is only creating tension leading up to a big occurrence. As the audience know this it makes them tense and curious about what is going to happen next. This technique pulls the audience into the film because they want to know what is going to happen.

The second editing technique I noticed was slow editing. This is clear when the convict is walking towards the police officer. You can tell that the clip has been edited to make it slower because each step the convict takes, he gets slower and slower. This technique builds tension on the audience because they know that the convict is going to seriously harm the police officer. This makes the audience experience feel sorry for the police officer because he is stuck and he has no way of escape. This technique is common for a thriller film because it is a easy way to create tension and it a easy way to lead up to a big climax.

 

The third and final technique I noticed was the times of the shots had been made faster. You can see this technique clearly when the convict is hitting the police officer with the bat. Each time the convict strikes the officer it becomes faster and faster. This is to add emphasis on the character to show his emotions clearly. From the clip being sped up it shows the audience that the convict is experiencing anger and that he is getting his pay back on the police officer. This technique shows the audience a characters true feelings and it also creates a sense of power for the convict hitting the officer.

From looking over these editing techniques, it has given me ideas to use for my thriller clip. I will be able to use some of these techniques to create tension on the audience and also to grab the audience and drag them into my storyline.

Individual narrative ideas- Miss Georgiou

Narrative ideas

The narrative is important because it tells the audience the background story of a film. It also makes the film have a meaning. Without the narrative the film would be confusing to the audience because they wouldn't know what was going on. The narrative keeps the film together and stops the storyline from going off track. Thriller narratives should have a tense opening sequence to grab the audience and pull them into the film straight away.

Narrative

I have come up with a narrative about an old eery forest which has had some weird unexplained happenings occur in it. A group of friends take a trip to the forest for a day out and they suddenly become trapped and in danger. The forest plays with your mind and makes you confused and lost really easily. There is also a dark cloaked figure constantly lurking amongst the trees, spying on people that enter the forest. There have been constant sightings of this figure and some even say he follows you when you leave the forest. 10 people have suddenly disappeared over the course of two years. 

My opening sequence will consist of 3 friends going to the forest to try and find out what all the fuss is about. After one girl spots the dark figure in the corner of her eye they leave thinking that it was just her imagination going wild. She returns home haunted by her experience and goes to bed trying to forget about it. She later wakes to find that she is back in the forest. Scared and confused she tries to find her way out but she ends up encountering the figure again. This time she doesn't  escape. She becomes the 11th person to go missing. The opening sequence the ends with a close up of the dark figure with just his face showing. 

Im going to share this idea with my group and discuss the advantages and disadvantages with it. This is so we can have the best idea possible.

Opening sequence analysis - Miss Georgiou

Opening sequence

A opening sequence is used to engage the audience straight away when the film starts. It grabs there attention and pulls them into the story line. It is also used to set the scene and to inform the audience about what is happening. Without the opening sequence the audience wouldn't know what the storyline is and they wouldn't understand what is happening. The clip I will be analysing is the opening sequence from Halloween.

Cinematography



Deep focus was one of the first techniques I noticed at the start of Halloween. This was shown when the background was blurry and the camera was only focusing on the knife. This brings attention to the knife and it makes the audience wonder what it is going to be used for. This makes the audience curious because they want to know who has the knife and what are there intentions with it. Other cinematography techniques were used in this clip as well. High angle was used at the end of the sequence.. This was used when the boy walks out the house and is spotted by the two adults. Zoom out is also used on this same bit of sequence. Booth of these techniques are used to clearly show the audience who the killer is and it also creates the scene for the rest of the film.

Editing

A wipe technique is used at the beginning of the scene to introduce the house setting and to introduce the location. Slow editing is also used in this scene. This is shown when the antagonist is looking through the windows outside the house. This creates suspense because the audience don't know who is looking through the windows and they don't know If that character is dangerous. Timing of shots was the final editing technique which was used. This is clear when the antagonist is running down the stairs. This indicates to the audience that the killer is trying to exit the house quickly before anyone notices they were there.

Soundtrack



Non diegetic sound effects were used before the opening sequence even started. These non diegetic sounds children singing about Halloween. This creates a tense atmosphere because the singing is very eerie and creepy. There is also a distorted piano effect as well. Silence is also a key in this clip. This is clear when the camera is panning at the beginning of the clip and also zooming in around the room. This creates suspense because its making the audience anticipate something happening to the protagonists inside.

Conventions

Two popular thriller conventions were used in this opening clip. The first one was iconography. A knife is shown for most of the clip. This creates suspense and indicates power for the antagonist because he is armed and he is very dangerous. This makes the audience feel anxious for the people inside the building because there is a killer right on there door step. The second convention used was a isolated house. The murder house is set in a quiet suburban area with no one around. This is a typical thriller setting because the killer doesn't have to worry about anyone catching them in the act. The isolated setting is used to add tension and also fear.

Characters

The villain in the opening sequence has a hidden identity because they are wearing a mask so the audience cant see there real identity. This creates enigma and suspense. This technique is also conventional to a thriller because the villain usually has a mask to hide there true identity. This keeps the audience engaged because they want to find out who the antagonist is . Also when the killer enters the room the victim recognises them. This shows that they could have some sort of relationship with them because they know who they are.

Narrative

The narrative is based on Halloween night which is a very typical  night to have a thriller film. This is because it has an element of mystery and enigma to it. It also has the key features of a thriller film to it : Shock, Suspense and surprise. These three techniques are key to thriller films because without them you cant make a thriller film scary.

This analysis will help me with my opening sequence because it has given ideas and it has also shown me typical techniques to use for a thriller film. With these new ideas I can then go on and improve my opening sequence. 

 

Inspirations- Miss Georgiou

Inspirations

To get ideas from existing products and to understand what has previously worked or not worked. This is to create a successful product. We can take ideas from existing products already like thriller films. I have taken inspiration from other thriller films like insidious and the strangers.  I have also taken inspiration from the genre of the films as well. I have looked at and taken inspiration from aspects such as sound, cinematography, miss en scene, conventions of a thriller, history of thriller films and research to do with the BBFC age ratings. I have used clips from films like Insidious, The shinning, the woman in black and seven.

Research into BBFC

The first post I made was research into the BBFC. In this post I looked at age ratings and how they can be applied to certain films. I have taken inspirations from this post because it helps me decide what age ratings will be suitable for my thriller sequence when I make it. In the post I went into a lot of detail and I also found information about certain films and how the age ratings have been applied to them. Age restrictions indicate what content may be incorporated into the film. For example "Toy story" is a family friendly film so it can be placed in the PG category whereas "dead snow" is a violent film with a lot of gore and bad language so it is placed in the 18 category.

Research into mise-en-scene

In this post we looked at the setting and iconography, costume, hair, make up, facial expressions, body language, lighting and colour used in films. All of these together make us miss-en-scene.  Each of these conventions have also inspired and helped me to plan my opening sequence. Setting and iconography has shown helped me chose a forest location because it is dark and eerie. It also showed me that the knife was the best weapon for the antagonist to carry because it is conventional to the thriller genre. Costume, hair and make up helped me come up with the appearance of my antagonist. We eventually can to the conclusion of having a dark cloak and white mask to add emphasis on the killers face. Colour also helped us with this because from researching typical thriller film colour we found that black and white are the two main colours used in thriller films.

Cinematography

The main camera angles that we are going to use in our film are panning, close up, longshot, zooming in and zooming out. We have come to the conclusion of using these camera angles from researching about them in our research into cinematography post. In that post we looked at different films and how they incorporated various camera angles into their film. The main film I was looking at was insidious. This is the film that has given me ideas to use camera angles like panning, over shoulder shot and close up because they are used really well within jump scenes and they are also conventional to the thriller genre. I will take these ideas into my opening sequence and make them my own to make my film the best it can be.

Soundtrack

Soundtrack is key in thriller films because it builds suspense which keep the audience on the edge of their seat. I have looked at other thriller films to try and see what type of sounds work best with the thriller genre. After doing this I have chose diegetic sound, non diegetic sound and parallel sound to use in my opening sequence. I have chosen these three sound techniques because they work well within thriller films and they are also conventional to the thriller genre. I researched about sound by watching the film "Woman in black".  The woman in black has a lot of jumpy scenes in it so it had lots of different sound techniques to try and build tension leading up to them. In scenes like when the man first meets the woman in black there is clear non diegetic in the background slowly getting louder and louder. This has given me ideas to use in my opening sequence to try and make my film scarier and more conventional to the thriller genre.    



Research into conventions - Miss Miller

Conventions

Conventional means conforming or adhering to acceptable standards. In films it means elements that are common in different film genres - patterns that can be used/ used in different films from the same category. In thriller films you would expect conventions like suspense, surprise and shock. In action films you would expect conventions like stunts, big budgets and special effect i.e. CGI. I am going to be using a clip from "The shinning". I have chosen this film to analyse because it has clear thriller conventions in it.

The first convention I notice in the clip is suspense when the antagonist (Johnny) is walking towards the bathroom door. We straight away know Johnny is looking for his wife and that his intensions are to harm her. We know this just by looking at his body language and his facial expressions. He is crouched over like a bear and his face is twisted with anger. This sharp sound in the background is also a indicator that something bad is about to happen. All of these techniques link to suspense. Overall this is a common technique to make the audience on edge and wary that they are watching a thriller film.

The second convention I noticed was the clear indication of killers and victims. This convention is visible in the scene when the man is trying to break into the bathroom. As the audience we can clearly see that the woman in the bathroom screaming is the victim and the man on the outside trying to get in is the killer. We know that the woman is the victim because she is crouched over in the corner of the bathroom screaming for her husband to leave her alone. The man is the obvious killer because he is holding a axe and his facial expressions indicate that he is experiencing anger and fury. Overall this convention helps the audience understand the film more because they can tell who they should feel sorry for and who they should be wary off.

The third convention I noticed was surprise. We are  surprised when the woman strikes the man with the knife as he is trying to enter the bathroom. We are surprised because the woman is the victim and the victim in most thriller films are usual helpless and too scared to try and resist against the killer. This makes the audience feel differently for the woman because she isn't a common victim and the audience then feel like she might be able to survive.

A clear convention in this film is the eerie location. Most thriller films are usually set in a scary location but this film is by far the most scary. Its set in an old fashioned hotel placed in the middle of nowhere. Its only surroundings are some lonely mountains and a vast forest. Surely the characters must have had second thoughts before moving there for the winter. The location of thriller films is usually the main way to scare the audience. The blare witch project and the strangers are good examples of this. Overall the location of the shinning makes the audience wary of the characters surroundings and it also creates suspense for jumpy scenes.

Iconography is a convention used in this film. The antagonist (Johnny) is always holding a weapon in the chase scenes. This clearly indicates to the audience that he is the most powerful character and also that he is the aggressor. This  makes the audience wary of the character because he makes all the other characters look venerable because he has a weapon. Normally in every thriller film, the main villain or antagonist usually has a weapon to make them look powerful and threatening.

The clip I analysed was successful in creating a conventional sequence because it made the audience be on the edge lf their seats the whole time and it also portrayed a typical thriller film. It also had a great deal of suspense, surprise, shock and tension which are all key in a thriller film.
 From looking at this thriller sequence I will definitely use conventions like location and sound in my thriller sequence because they are key to making the audience scared and they are also key for creating suspense.