Thursday, 20 October 2011

How do these clips conform to the typical connotations of the thriller genre.


The music is dramatically built up and is eery and we hear clues that signify whats going to happen ie: the scream and the phone call. Then we see the colours of black and scream written in red which signifies blood and horror, this shows the audience its going to be scary. The repition of the phone call, signifies that it is important and that the fact we cant see the person speaking only the woman signifies that they arent meant to be known. The diegetic sounds of crickets show us theyre in a desolate place which conforms to a sterotypical thriller film in that the character can't escape or be found. The knifes that the woman is playing with shows the weapons which she might have to use later and informs the audience theres going to be violence. The camera is always behind her and following her round, this makes it seem like someone is watching her, and that could be the person who keeps calling her this builds up tension which is stereotypical to the thriller genre. The sounds of piano and dog and the diegitic sounds of the mans voice all build up dramatically and put the audience on edge, The wide shot of the garden establishes what shes looking at and there is an eye line match of her looking outside to check if theres anyone outside, again conforming to the thriller genre, she has left the popcorn on the oven signifying that shes disracted and scared of the guy on the phone. The camera zooms in on her as the pace of the phone call gets more angry and fast this signifies that the climax is about to happen. The music gets really loud and follows her as she runs out the house, this increase of pace builds up tension and shows the audience that something big is about to happen this signifies it is a thriller. The shot of her looking through the small gaps of the window slightly hide part of her vision meaning she cant fully see what is happening which also brings horror to the scene.

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