Group Narrative-Miss Georgiou

Research into Group Narrative

23/10/13

Vasil Nikolov

We had a group meeting to decide a narrative for our thriller film. Although we are only creating the opening 2 minutes, we have decided to make a detailed 2 minute opening scene which would gather all of the convections of a thriller and it would have the 3 Cs . Interestingly to one`s surprise we used my plot and added some features such as the murder of the female by using Dannie`s narrative ideas. We also discussed the sound effects and decided to add our idea of using cheerful music during a violent scene (Reservoir dogs). However, each individual narrative had their good ideas and bad ideas so we focused more on the good ideas to add to our group narrative. My group have taken all of this into account and it has made us think carefully about the narrative.  

Firstly, advantages about my individual narrative are that it is typical of the thriller genre and has iconography that is easy to obtain. However, definite disadvantages of my narrative in particular scenes would be hard to edit (for example the murder of one of my characters). That said, advantages to my narrative are the places where the scenes will be shot (This is because when I was writing my narrative, i used my house as an example), all convections of the thriller can be used in my story and that many of the aspects are going to be done in a realistic environment with realstic scenarios. 

One advantage of Dannie's individual narrative is very conventional to a film of the thriller genre and that most aspects of her narrative are realistic to include in our opening, for example, the setting of the house and being able to obtain the simple range of characters (wife, husband and killer). 

Another Advantage of Danniella's individual narrative is the use of a female character as a victim. This is typical of a thriller film and as it really portrays how females are seen as the innocent, weak and vulnerable. Also the use of three different locations (kitchen, bathroom bedroom) provides a variation for the audience and consequently frightening them as they will be led to believe that weird events are happen in these normal locations (because it is more relatable). However, a disadvantage of her narrative is that it would prove difficult to film the stabbing of the female as the killer is hiding in a cupboard.

George also gave us some good points he was going to use in his narrative. One of them is the Hidden identity of the killer as it creates tension and suspense throughout the film. A second advantage is Eerie music as it creates huge amounts of tension, and supsense in order to shock and surprise it`s audience. However a great disadvantage is that his narrative was slightly poorly detailed and had a problem with his setting. He wanted to film the opening scene in an Abandoned house. However, first, he did not know of any abandoned housing.

To make it as fair as possible, we decided as a group to include each members individual interpretations in my plot in order to create a clear vision for our final outcome. 

Our thriller film opening will begin with a man driving home and talking to his  wife on the phone. The camera would then change to the wife, which is in the kitchen cooking. A moment later she opens the back door and go upstairs. Then the killer would enter the house (POV View) ang go upstairs and kill ger using a knife. Then the camera would show the house and how the husband is parking in the drive, locks the car and enters the house (lights inside are on). He would then go to the kitchen. There a steadycam,  pov shot would show the kitchen with an open door towards the garden and a radio and cooking. The radio would play "Mrs. Robinson". He would then go upstairs, but there will be no sign of his wife. At this time his phone downstair rings so he goes downstairs and has a conversation with a stranger. He would then go upstairs again as he is advised to check upstairs. The moment he moves upstairs, the camera would move from the stairs to the bedroom looking towards the stairs. That way the audience will be able to see the immediate reaction of the guy as he sees his wife dangling from the attick (hanged). This portrays the convention of a vulnerable, female being the victim and therefore creates suspense upon the audience.

George Moore`s narrative-From his blog

Research into my idea. Miss Georgiou

I have come up with a few ideas for my thriller film, I have based my ideas around what creates suspsense, shock, suprise and tension. Here are a few of my ideas;

1. Hidden identity - I would like to have the identity of the villain unknown throughout the whole opening as from watching scream I can see that it creates tension and suspense throughout the film. 
2. Eerie music - I would also like to use eerie music in my piece as I believe the eerie tone of the music sets the tone of the scene and creates huge amounts of tension, and supsense which I would like my thriller film to do. 
3. High angle shot - I would like to use a high angle shot on the victim in the scene as it makes the character look inferior to the villain which makes us think the character is unstable and makes us sympathise with them. 
4. Low angle shot - I would like to use a low angle shot to portray the fact that the villain is superior to the victim and that the villain could do whatever he likes to the victim.
5. Abandoned house - I would like to use an abandoned house in my thriller film as I believe it makes the setting of the film more weird and scary. It also makes it harder for the victim to call for help and is easier for the villain to kill them. 
6. Point of View shot - I would like to use a point of view shot throughout my thriller film as i do not want the audience to see my villain one bit as it creates tension and suspense.
7. Low key lighting - The last thing i would like to use is low key lighting as i believe that from watching shutter island that it creates shadows and creates tension for the audience as they cannot see much and therefore do not know whats coming up. 

My narrative appeals to persons aged 15 and above as i believe it would not be suitable for someone under 15 as they might not understand the concept and also may not like the idea I have created. It gives my target audience a sense of mystery throughout as they cannot see what the villain looks like as I will be using a point of view (POV) shot throughout the entire film. This will also give them a sense of tension and suspense as they are waiting to find out who the villain is.

Danniela`s Narrative-From her blog

Individual ideas for a narrative

A few things and concepts that has featured in films that have inspired me are:

The Sixth Sense: As the young boy is about to experience somethig bad, his breath is hot against the cold air which shows a sense of forbodding and that something's going to happen.I find it a useful feature that I would like to include within my own idea because it shows the element of suspense and unknowing which is conventional to a thriller film because it makes the audience not know what to expect.

In the film 'Deep Blue Sea' there is a clear element of surprise, suspense and shock. In a scene where by a female victim needs to go and find her research whilst the building is sinking, she enters an eerie and mysterious room. After her, follows a shark that stays within the depth of water, going unnoticed and unseen. A fake shark is pushed towards the girl startling her and the audience. However, when the real shark eventually goes to attack the victim who luckily escapes death, it is misleading to the audience because it makes them believe that everything is okay, a term that is known as the Kuleshov effect. This is conventional to a thriller because it misleads the audience to think everything is okay, before something bad happens again. I like this feature because it helps build the suspense and typically seen techniques that used in thrillers.

Lastly, another film that I find extremely useful  to my own idea that I am basing it on, is Nightmare on Elm Street. The reason why I find this so useful and excellent is because in my own narrative idea, I am basing it on a young boy who has nightmares that are actually yet to be a reality, and super natural events take place.. or so it seems, If the character dies in his nightmare, he will die in real life. I find this a powerful idea because it shows a sense of reality... the audience can relate because everyone sleeps, everyone has a nightmare at some point and often when provoked, a night mare can be made to a person. It would make the audience feel scared and in shock which is the main aim of a thriller... to create shock, suspense and surprise.

Before deciding entirely and finalising our group narrative we discussed which elements we could take from each others individual narrative in order to create a group one.

To begin, from my individual narrative we have used the scenes, housing. The use of this idea is a typical aspect of a thriller film and therefore we are keeping to conventions. 

In addition to this, from Danni`s narrative we took the base idea of how the main characters are killed and how the killer enters the house. The use of these characters is conventional to a thriller as seeing a female and a male in danger, feels realistic to the audience and therefore increases their experience while watching. And Finaly, taking George`s idea of lighting and sounds to keep the audience surprised.

After analysing many films of the thriller genre we have all been inspired by a variety of elements from certain ones as I mentioned above: Scream, The Shining and Reservoir Dogs. We have taken these elements and adapted them to fit our narrative and hopefully our outcome will be successful. 

To conclude, definite advantages of our group narrative is the use of different camera shots and generic conventions which are employed in the thriller genre. Also the use of the female victim and how we incorporated out questionnaire results into choosing our location as it is important we understand our audience before producing our opening. 

Brainstorm ideas for group

Breathe goes cold when murder on main character is about to die. -Feature from sixth sense.

Similar idea from scream 2 when character about to dies is on the phone - little dialogue.

Low key lighting - house lighting - electricity goes out when the phone call comes in

Feature from halloween town 1973 - instead of killer running upstairs. the victim is to see his wife but she isnt there.

First victim is a housewive of the husband, timer goes off which triggers cheerful background music (mrs robinson) from radio and then man gets phonecall.

Killer is watching the next victim through the closet as he phones him, before murder there''s a closeup of the mask that we're getting

POV when man gets into car to drive in, close up of hand going into the house, then pov of man going into house to see an empty kitchen.

Preliminary Task-Miss Georgiou

Vasil Nikolov
22/10/13
Preliminary Task

The members of my group are George and Danniela. Our task was to use different editing techniques such as: shot reverse shot. This technique is usually used, when there is a conversation between the two characters while the shot is moving from one to another. What we had to show was a character who is opening a door, crosses a room and sits down in a chair opposite another character. Then she/he exchanges a couple of lines of dialogue. The piece had many good points and bad points.

(Add Camera Angles)

A good point is that we were provided with a tripod so our team practised and mastered the technique of a steady shot. This makes the clip look more professional and it also means that we will need less "shooting" time. This increases efficiency.

There was no background noise, which is another good point as the clip would sound much better and professional. This further improved the quality of the video clip. We did not use any light effects as we were in a natural setting. We used an appropriate amount of lighting, so the amount of light followed convections of a comedy, rather than a thriller. This is good as it means that we a re following procedures and requirements for the clip. In return, we have a more efficient clip.

The 180-degree rule was followed most of the time. The only time it was not followed was at the beginning and end.

The purpose of carrying out this task was to give us an experience of producing our own material and also to enhance our knowledge on the filming and editing process. 

After finishing our preliminary task, we have learnt a number of things of which we will adopt when it comes to producing our thriller film. One thing is to create a clip, which has thriller, based connotations rather than a comedy one as thriller clips are usually more challenging. We could also film each individual section numerous times so that we get the perfect shot. Lastly, we need more training on editing software as George did the main editing while me and Danniela were giving ideas. In conclusion, our preliminary task was a success in one`s opinion, but has its small limitations which restricts us from achieving100% efficiency and professionalism.

Opening scene Analysis-Miss Georgiou

Opening Scene Analysis
11.10.2013
Vasil Nikolov

Movies have always had an opening scene. The purpose of the opening scene is very important as it defines what the genre of the movie is, what might happen in the begining and create a ball of suspence and enigmas, in order to intrigue the audience to continue to watch in order to find out why the killer killed the person; who he is or what happens to him.

The film which one will analyse is called Halloween. It is a 1978 film by John Carpenter. It has been set in Haddonfield, Illinois, USA which is a fictional town, celebrating Halloween. It follows a psycho murderer who was institutionalised since the killing of his sister at a young age escaping, and going back to his home. It is here that he falls for a girl and stalks a girl while his doctor chases him to stop him and put him back in the asylumn. 

On the opening credits, the camera zooms, slowly into the pumpkin. The pumpkin is a symbol of Halloween in itself and people crave scary fasces in them in order to scare the dead back to the place from where they came. This is significant to the film as the killer could mix with the other children and pretend that he is celebrating the evening. It is also counted as a convection of a thriller movie as during halloween, "ghosts" start to appear on the streets. 

The camera also starts to pan into the house in order to set the scene of where the action is going to take place during the opening sequence. Also by doing the audience is shown that the horror has been moved to a suburban area which isn't normally done. Near the end of the scene, the audience is shown the setting again, this is done when the camera zooms out on the boy Michael and his parents to then go into a crane shot, in order for the audience to see more of the street. 

Throughout this scene, the audience is seeing everything that happens from the point of view of the character. By doing this the viewer doesn't know who this person is, that has been watching the couple. This then keeps the audience in suspense as all they can do is watch. When the light goes off upstairs, the mysterious character looks as if he is moving quicker. This builds more tension as one would not know what's going to happen, however once the first murder is over, Michael the young boy is shown to be the killer. 

 During the sequence, the screen starts to fade black and  into a caption screen. It reads 'Haddonfield, Illinois', which is how the audience learns the setting of the film. In this case it's a n American Town. 'Halloween Night' also shows up on the black background, as it gives the audience, the time frame of when the action has happened.
the audience will assume from the black screen,  that this movie is going to be dark, as it is conventional for a thriller film to use black colour due to it giving the connotation of death to the audience. By having the titles going from yellow to red, it suggests that there is going to be a lot blood and danger, which is bound to be included in a thriller film in order to shock the audience.

The dialogue that is used during the opening sequence is 'We are alone aren't we?'. This is conventional for a thriller movie, as it makes the audience wonder if anything will happen, or if the characters are just afraid because its dark. This sequence would also create the normal enigma, as the audience would be intrigued to know how the story will evolve.


Incidental music is also used by arriving in the form of a high pitched piece, which starts-off loud and then gradually gets quieter as the clock starts to chime loudly. The music suggests that something bad is coming and on top of the clock chiming, the audience would be able to see that time is running out for the pretty girl that can be heard singing happily to herself. By hearing this, the audience starts to build a warm feeling towards her as she looks innocent. However they would also start to pitty her, as she is ggoing to become a victim to the killer.


Throughout this sequence, the audience would hear the heavy breathing of the murderer. This would remind them, that they are watching the story unfold through the eyes of the killer. This adds to the suspense of the scene, as the breathing of the killer gets deeper and deeper as he reaches the room of the girl. This is where more dialogue is included and the girl says the name of the killer. At this point, the audience realises tha the killer is the girl`s little brother. This in turn would make the audience confused as they would question why, the boy killed his pretty sister. Also there will be an enigma as the audience would then want to find out why did he kill her.


From the opening sequence, props have been seen as a kitchen knife. The audience would then think that there may be a murder that is about to happen. They would also ask themseves who will be killed as there is a boy accompanying the girl. 
A clown mask would then becomes obvious as in the opening, the audience would see that the teenage boy picks it up a clown mask off the floor. it is then later seen again when the 'murderer' goes upstairs and picks it up off the floor of the room. By using the mask, the killers identity is hidden and the audience would then wonder whether they will find out who the person is. 

The family itself is shown as a standard middle class family. this can be seen from the car parked at the edge of the driveway and the fact that Michael's mother is wearing a fur coat, which tends to be expensive and his father is wearing a suit. Michael`s character was then shown to be wearing a clown costume. This shows the common tradition of wearing a costume in order to go around houses in order to scare the ocupants in return for delicious sweets. It could also symbolise a fear as some people are scared of clowns.

Research into sounds-Miss. Miller

Sounds used in thrillers

10/10/13

Vasil Nikolov

Sounds are an essential part to films as they can create suspension, or any other feelings in the public. The film which one will use is called Jaws. Jaws is one of the best thriller movies, known to man/womankind as it uses mainly sound and no visual of the killer shark in order to create suspense and shock. This technique can be counted as very effective due to the simple reason that even in modern times, it is counted as a thriller that can scare it`s new or well known audience.

Firstly at 0:05 we see a girl and a boy running towards the sea. We then hear a conversation between the two, which supports the audiences thoughts. This is known as a diagetic sound as the sound which the audience hears can be seen and related to. Diagetic sounds are conventional to a thriller movie as the audience can see from where it is arriving. The conversation from the couple is not too long and is Innocent. This is unconventional to a thriller movie as dialogues in thrillers are not meant to create suspension (eg. SCREAM). However the converstion was needed in this part of the clip in order to show the audience that the female and male are in a relationship and that he is not trying to steal anything of her. From the dialogue, the audience would start to form a warm feeling towards Chrisie as she sounds innocent because of being in love.

From 1:28 to 1:53 we hear the most recognisable non-diagetic sound of all time. Famous, enough to stay and shock for decades the minds of many age groups. Whenever it is heard, it is always warning that a shark attack will occur. Although it consists of only two bass lines it is very effective as it creates tension due to the increase in the tempo and volume of the soundtrack when the shark gets closer to the female and her legs. It effects the audience because it builds a climax that they are unlikely to be disappointed with. Following this tone, gore and a bloody body would be counted conventional to a thriller clip as they would have a surprising affect on the audience at how quickly the shark has endevoured the girl. This is why the sound has been added in order to shock and surprise it`s audience.

By 2:20, Chrissie who has been attacked in the sea had been screaming in hope that someone will arrive to help. However, At this point, we see her boyfriend, lying on the shore and sleeping. The only sound we hear is the contrapuntal sound of the relaxing sea waves. Despite the calming sound, the situation shows a controversial and disturbing image, that the audience can see onscreen. The use of contrapuntal sound is often used in thriller films to confuse and disorientate the audience into believing something which is not happening therefore creating a twist. In this scene of Jaws however it is used more subtly unlike the majority of the film soundtrack. 

On the same second (2.32-2.33), the audience becomes a witness to a sound technique called Parallel sounds. While the bell is ringing, the audience hears the formation of waves hitting it. This is parallel because the sound matches what is happening in the scene itself. The sound of a ringing bell is conventional to some thriller's because it is sometimes used to make the audience feel sympathy for their innocent victim that passed away so young and beautiful.

Finally when the clip is at 2.34 we hear dead silence. This gives the audience a small shock as they discover that the deed has been done. It is portrayed by the ringing of the bell in the previous 2 seconds (Diagetic sound). This can be portrayed as a metaphor for a bell ringing for a dead sole. This would further convince the audience that Chrissie has been eaten.  The sound needed to be used in order to macke the audience feel shocked and pittiful for the female character that was just devoured by the unseen sea devil. The bell sound effect was used in order to confirm to the audience that the girl has died. This is because, the endevouring has happened so quickly that the audience`s mind is in denail of the event happenning so quickly.

Research into the history of Thriller films-Miss Georgiou

Research into the history of Thriller films
02/10/2013
Vasil Nikolov

(Images to support points, info on directors, actors and successful narratives, how will it help me)

Looking into the history of thrillers is a useful thing to know as it is very interesting to see how thrillers have developed over the years. The really old ones seemed unrealistic as technology has improved a lot now, but back then I realise that it would have looked very real and shocked viewers.

 Alfred Hitchcock's first thriller was his third silent film (known as The Lodger (1926)), a suspenseful Jack the Ripper story which frightened the audience using sound techniques, such as non-diagetic sound. Non-diagetic sound is sound that is not part of the film eg. soundtrack, sound effects and voice over. In the film, there is a lot of  music that can be erie in order to surprise the audience from the cheerful music played earlier on. Using this type of music, the audience would experience a shocking sensation as they would be surprised to hear the music change and the events at the same time. This is common for a thriller movie as the sound used in thrillers is to aid the producer to frighten the audience.

Talk about next film Psycho (1960`s)

The next thriller that gave an impact on the genre of thrillers is called Psycho. Psycho is a 1960 American suspense/horror film directed by Alfred Hitchcock starring. It was based on the 1959 novel of the same name by Robert Bloch loosely inspired by the crimes of Wisconsinmurderer and grave robber Ed Gein. The film is centered on the encounter between a secretary, Marion Crane (Leigh), who ends up at a secluded motel after filching money from her employer, and the motel's disturbed owner-manager, Norman Bates. 
When originally made, the film was seen as a departure from Hitchcock's previous film North by Northwest, being filmed on a low budget, with a television crew and in black and white. 

Comparedm to "The Lodger", "Psycho" is much more modern as the audience can hear diagetic sounds, such as stabbing, actor`s voices, etc. Also compared to The Lodger, Psycho is breaking the 4th wall rule as he changes the camera angles constantly, in order to provide enough gory detail of the attacks on the victims.

Jaws (1975)

Jaws is a 1975 American thriller film directed by Steven Spielberg and based on Peter Benchley's novel of the same name. 

In the story, a giant man-eating great white shark attacks beachgoers on Amity Island, a fictional summer resort town, prompting the local police chief to hunt it with the help of a marine biologist and a professional shark hunter. The film stars Roy Scheider as police chief Martin Brody, Richard Dreyfuss as oceanographer Matt Hooper, Robert Shaw as shark hunter Quint and Lorraine Gary as Brody's wife, Ellen.






hot mostly on location on Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts, the film had a troubled production, going over budget and past schedule. As the art department's mechanical sharks suffered many malfunctions, Spielberg decided to mostly suggest the animal's presence, employing an ominous, minimalistic theme created by composer John Williams to indicate the shark's impending appearances. Spielberg and others have compared this suggestive approach to that of classic thriller director Alfred Hitchcock.

The shining (1980`s)

The Shining is a 1980 British-American psychological horror film produced and directed by Stanley Kubrick, co-written with novelist Diane Johnson, and starring Jack Nicholson, Shelley Duvall, Danny Lloyd, and Scatman Crothers. The film is based on Stephen King's novel of the same name.

A writer, Jack Torrance, takes a job as an off-season caretaker at an isolated hotel. His young son possesses psychic abilities and is able to see things from the past and future, such as the ghosts who inhabit the hotel. Soon after settling in, the family is trapped in the hotel by a snowstorm, and Jack gradually becomes influenced by a supernatural presence; he descends into madness and attempts to murder his wife and son.

 Unlike previous Kubrick films, which developed an audience gradually by building on word-of mouth, The Shining was released as a mass-market film, opening at first in just two cities on Memorial Day, then nationwide a month later.

The actresses who played the Grady daughters, Lisa and Louise Burns, are identical twins; however, the characters in the book and film script are merely sisters, not twins. In the film's dialogue, Mr. Ullman identifies them as "about eight and ten". Nonetheless, they are frequently referred to in discussions about the film as "the Grady twins". The Shining was shot on soundstages at EMI Elstree Studios in Borehamwood, Hertfordshire, Britain. The set for the Overlook Hotel was then the largest ever built, including a full re-creation of the exterior of the hotel.

From this film, one will use the weapons and how the dialogue is displayed and developed

American psycho (2000`s)

Thrillers now, borrow themes and elements from those in the past, but to avoid repetition, tend to add in aspects of horrors genres, such as sadistic violence/gore etc. This is why often, some people mistake thrillers for horrors. 

As you can see by watching these thriller scenes, the thriller narratives and technology used to make them has developed and evolved very much. I think the old thrillers are very classic and interesting to watch. In 'The lodger' you can see that it's shot in a sepia tone and the characters almost have a glowing outline around them. The characters' makeup looks very subtly gothic, making the film more ominous. The opening of 'Strangers on a train' is very ambiguous and shoots from a high angle only allowing the viewer to see feet walking, this causes curiosity for the viewer and keeps them interested. 'The ward' is very different from the previous two opening sequences and shows a more modern approach to thriller movies. The shattered glass could connote to the reader that the protagonist herself is broken into pieces. This opening sequence, unlike the other two, is shot in colour, reinforcing the difference between old and new thrillers.

In the picture above, the audience would see a list with the top 17 viewed thrillers. As we can see, not all modern thrillers are viewed or liked as much as some old thrillers. For example Seven (which is nominated at 4th place (the film is from1995), while Saw 3D (Filmed in 2010) is listed in 16th place. there might be two reasons for this. The first one is that Saw 3D is almoast brand new film, while Seven is 18 year old. In the gap it has, Seven should have gathered a lot of people to se it, while Saw 3D is just 3 years of age. Then again, the film might have been unpopular with the crowds as films such as Sea of Love from 1989 were came at 12th place.

Another reason why Saw 3D ended in 16th place might be because it is a sequel to 4 saw films. After the original movie, many sequels loose the interest of the audience about the series. A exclusion would be Saw 2 which was ranked in 6th place while Saw 1 was ranked at 13th place.

Research into convections of a thriller movie-Miss Miller

Convections of a thriller movie
5/10/12
Vasil Nikolov

What is a convection? A convection is the common feature one can relate to the specific genre of the movie. For example it is convectional for a thriller movie to have a house in a rural are with no other housing to surround it.

Thriller is a genre of film that uses: suspense, shock and surprise as the main elements to intreague their audience.

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The film which I will use as an example is called "Psycho" by Alfred Hitchcock. We shall start with the first point being that one of the convections of a thriller is that the character that dies is a woman. Female characters are shown in thriller films as they can be easily portrayed as weak and vulnerable to situations where there is little chance of escape. In our film, the character is taking a shower (Situation in which there is no escape from an attack). This would also make the audience relate to her as they also use showers at home. The audience would also build a warm relationship as females usually are portrayed as sweet and innocent. They would also feel calm as they would see a natural setting of a woman taking a shower.

A couple of seconds after that, we see the female being attacked. The moment the audience see the scene where she is stabbed, they would feel quite shocked as they would not have expected to see the main character being killed in the beginning of the film. This is highly unconventional to a thriller film as the main character is usually either killed or saved in the last part of the film. However, with "Psycho", Hitchcock decided to surprise his audience by killing his main character in the beginning of the film. At the time, his audience was truly shocked as they never expected for a similar change to happen in a thriller film. They were used to the common idea, that the main character is always in danger, but not killed until the end of the film.

Thrillers mostly take place in ordinary suburbs/cities (In psycho, the film takes place in a house in the city). Sometimes they are being shot in military areas or deserts (Resident Evil). This would be unconventional as thrillers are usually shot in rural areas in order to relate to the audience. The audience itself would feel scared when they watch the film as they also live in apartments in cities and would not want to have a maniac in their house. 

Sound and editing plays a big part in thriller movies as the effect of the two features is what makes an audience want to watch a thriller again and again. For example in Jaws, the audience did not see much of the shark, however the music that was used in the film was and still is able to mack and audience jump. In Psycho, there was no music when the heroine was taking a shower and then when she was attacked, the music was synchronised with the stabbing from the knife. This way the audience would be shocked (and maybe jump in their seats) as they would be used to the silence and then they would be suddenly surprised by the loud music and the attack on the character. By adding eerie music to a quiet scene, the audience would start to feel scared as there is an increase in the amount of suspense.

Editing is also important as the audience must be able to watch the film from different camera angles without noticing. Jump cuts are very convectional for films in this era as they are used mostly in title sequences. The jump cut type of editing is used as there is a multiple things happening in the same time that we are unaware of, these cuts fill them and make the scene or continuous and flowing.

The lighting at this point is a conventional feature as in thrillers, low key lighting leads to shadowing the characters, creating an enigma for the audience as the killer is not shown. The effect show above is when she opens the curtains and finds him with a knife. This way the audience would want to find out who he is and why did he kill the female in the first place. This way an enigma occurs, causing the audience to feel agitated to see what will happen next.

Another convection of the thriller is the weapon used by the killer. In the scene above, the killer is holding a standard kitchen knife. In thriller films, domestic weapons are used in order to kill their target. Similar weapons are used in order to shock their audience that normal kitchen appliances are dangerous in the wrong hands. This is why the audience would feel scared when they see the killer, holding the knife as knifes also create more blood spillage due to being long and wide.

My last point is that while the killer is attacking the main character, the pace would speed up which when its an action packet scene like this one, gives a sense of adrenaline is given to the audience, causing a sense of fear as well. This is conventional to a thriller movie as the audience would correctly react to the scene they will see. In a thriller, the storyline always tends to be a mystery, there will most properly be an enigma presents which will run throughout the thriller film and it would be answered at the end and it by the antagonist or protagonist.