Lighting and colours:
Different levels of low key lighting creates an eerie and mysterious atmosphere. By using low level lighting, it creates shadows, allowing the shot to create fear and tension for the audience. By using a black and white effect it intensifies the effectiveness of shadows within a shot. The colouring of titles is important when creating a film. Colour is a direct link to emotions and thought, for example, blacks and greys would portray confusion and uncertainty.
Sound:
Thrillers often start with a slow tempo and relatively quiet pitch. The music is often eerie to create suspense, keeping the audience guessing to what could potentially happen later on. During the film there are often long pauses of dramatic silence, this creates tension and panic.
Costume and make-up:
Thriller films often use naturalistic costumes and make-up, making the characters more believable to the audience. By having little or no make-up at all allows the characters to seem more natural and similar to an everyday person. However make-up can be used to show fear for example, smudged eye make-up on a woman gives the audience the sense that she's been crying. Make-up is also used to create special effects for example, if there is a fight scene, fake blood can be applied to give the effect of an open wound.
Setting and props:
Typical thriller conventions would be a dark eerie house or an alleyway. Objects can help determine the narrative and identity of characters and genre. Guns are often a key object used in thrillers, often used when there is a showdown between the hero and the villain. Use of space is important in creating an effective thriller. By using claustrophobic spaces it can portray the 'entrapment' in the characters mind.
Sound:
Thrillers often start with a slow tempo and relatively quiet pitch. The music is often eerie to create suspense, keeping the audience guessing to what could potentially happen later on. During the film there are often long pauses of dramatic silence, this creates tension and panic.
Costume and make-up:
Thriller films often use naturalistic costumes and make-up, making the characters more believable to the audience. By having little or no make-up at all allows the characters to seem more natural and similar to an everyday person. However make-up can be used to show fear for example, smudged eye make-up on a woman gives the audience the sense that she's been crying. Make-up is also used to create special effects for example, if there is a fight scene, fake blood can be applied to give the effect of an open wound.
Setting and props:
Typical thriller conventions would be a dark eerie house or an alleyway. Objects can help determine the narrative and identity of characters and genre. Guns are often a key object used in thrillers, often used when there is a showdown between the hero and the villain. Use of space is important in creating an effective thriller. By using claustrophobic spaces it can portray the 'entrapment' in the characters mind.
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