Camera shots are important to have with a thriller genre film as they help portray the narrative of the story and build suspense and tension to improve the viewing experience for the audience. It also allows the audience to have a greater understanding of a characters feelings and emotions, for example sympathizing for a victim who is being attacked, or feeling scared when they know the attacker is about to attack.
Four different camera shots
Point of view shot in shallow focus- We plan to include this shot within our two minute thriller at the beginning of our thriller where a woman is looking at a picture frame which is in her hands, this camera shot will be used so that the audience can see what the character is focusing, therefore making it conventional as is the first camera shot to create curiosity as to why she is looking at the photograph and what the story line could be about. It also creates tension as the camera comes closer and closer into the pictures face.
Panning and mid shot- This camera shot will be used to focus on the young girl victims face when she puts in her earphones, allowing her to be unable to hear what is going on around her. The use of this shot of her face makes sure that the audience are aware of as to what will happen as she will not be able to hear her upcoming victim, this therefore forebodes that something bad is going to happen which is a common convention in a thriller.
Close Up - A close up shot contains only a used weapon, some torn up clothing with blood on them and only a fairly small part of the scenes fills the screen. The use of this camera shot allows the audience to clearly see what has happened and forebode what will happen to our female victim which helps the audience to feel empathy for the character. Our thriller will use the close up camera shot a number of times though out our thriller, at the end of our opening scene when the female victim in lying on the floor and the camera shot focuses on her blood which the male villain has done. This shot will help make our thriller conventional because it allows the audience to build a relationship with the character and feel sympathy and empathy towards her, which is something the audience would expect to see from a thriller.
Hand held and point of view shot- we have chosen to us this shot when the victim is running away as she is starting to feel that someone or something is looking at her. The fact that the victim will be holding the camera will present a unsteady, jumpy, and jerky shot which create a sense of chaos and show that the victim is scared. This shot will be conventional to the thriller genre as the audience will emotionally connect with the victim and feel sympathetic and scared for her as they can see how scared and fast she is running, it also builds tension as to when what she is running from is going to appear.
The shots we have chosen to include within our thriller are all conventional to the thriller genre. The shots also we feel will be the most effective and allow the audience to connect with the charters as much as possible. Our target audience of
This post demonstrates some good planning techniques and this is because you have included a variety of camera shots that you wish to include within your thriller. You have made some good points, but you need to ensure that all your points are related back to the codes and conventions of a thriller.
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