Thursday, 2 October 2014

Which Thriller Films have Inspired me in Planning my own Thriller?


I have taken a screen shot from the television series 'Durham County' as I really like the effect of making one colour standing out in a frame when everything else is black and white. In this example red signifies blood and murder, which also signifies roses. There are many other examples in the opening of this series but i believe this is the best one.




The Shining


We have found inspiration from a scene in the movie 'The Shining'. This has given us an idea for our opening sequence. In our scene we want jump our shots from a less scary setting/shot, to a scary, bloody, fearful scene. We will show this using screen shots from the scene in order to make sense:



This is the more normal scene before there is a jump to a really disturbing scene of what the character sees. It is a point of view shot, which connects the audience and makes them feel as if they are there too which makes the scene very effective and frightening for the viewer. The jump shot is only shown for a few seconds and then jumps back to the more normal shot, which makes the shot more of a shock when it appears.

Also, in the transition between the shots there is a low monotone note, that sound like many low notes on the piano played together out of tune.
We want to use the idea of a sound between the transitions too, to also increase the shock and scariness.






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