The Representation Of Women In Thriller Films

The role of women in thriller films can vary from several concepts, this incorporates the following

• Motherly figures
• Heroins
• Sexual roles
• Innocent
• Vulnerable
• Protagonists

Motherly figures: This is evident as in the crime trhiller 'Training Day' as the character Lisa Hoyt who is the protagonist's wife plays the casual role of a house wife and maintains the household whilst her husband works in the police force

Soundtrack - Vespertilio

The piece which is written in a minor key has slowly rising dynamics and encoumpases a wide range of instruments. The opening  from 0:00 to 0:17 features a combination of orchestrial instruments and also computer edited sounds, which creates a sense of uncertainty and confusion within the opening few scenes. From 0:18 to 0:38 the tempo of the piece begins to dramatically increase and there is an increase in the use of computer edited sounds, mostly of which features violins, and strings with the main rhythm being played by some sort of drums. The increasing tempo helps to increase the suspense and tension within our opening as it follows the scene where the character ‘Rakim’ is called to meet a person who the audience is unsure of. From 0:39 to 1:00 there is a combination of vocals and edited sounds with varying dynamics, however the dynamics are significantly quiter than the earlier section of this piece. This directly correlates to our opening as the character is seen travelling, with the action taking a backseat. 1:01 to 1:25 the tempo of the piece begins to increase again as the encorporation of more strings follows, the sound of violins can be heard with also an increase in the dynamics of the drums, suggesting on coming danger is forthcoming.  1:26 to 2:25 this section of the piece features loud dynamics and instrumentation with the computer edited sounds, stringed instruments and minor vocals all coming into play at the same time, this part of the piece correlates with our piece as during this section the character ‘Rakim’ is seen handing a suspicous package to another character, where they part ways. This helped us to form suspense as at that current time the audience were unaware of what was in the package, and whilst we wanted to keep was in the bag consealed we also wanted the audience to be aware that it was something sinister and this particular section of music helped us to put that idea across. This particular piece of music helped us to follow the mise en scene of sound within thriller films. With music usually beginning with a slow tempo and slowly increasing over time, with dynamics also slowly increasing as the piece continues. Due to the instrumentation of the piece we were also able to build up a form of tension without having to reveal as much information on screen and at points left our audience unaware of certain aspects of our opening.

Final Edit - London's Burning (including typography)

Typography

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Luther Title Sequence Analysis

How did we record and edit the test shots?

As the other members in my group were acting within the piece I took it upon myself to direct and edit the film. To edit the footage I used the program 'Movie Maker'. Thus this allowed me to cut and edit particular parts of the footage in which I was able to record.

I then took advantage of the soundtrack from the film '28 weeks later' known as 'In the house, in a heartbeat' by composer John Murphy. Due to the tension that and suspense that the soundtrack was able to create due to features such as a minor key and repeated phrases. This allowed us to slowly build tension until the climax of the short film, due to these qualities we eventually added this composition to our piece.

What shots did we use?
Wide shot: This shot established to the audience that the character seemed to be running in order to save or look for someone, with the audience beginning to question who is he looking for?

Medium shot:

Low angle shot:
This shot aided our attempt in trying to create suspense, as the audience could not see the characters face thus there being a sense of mystery.

Titled panning shot:
These shots allowed us to further increase the tension as the audience is still unaware of who the character is and what their intentions are.

Extreme close up: Here we used an extreme close up of the character pulling on their gloves, signalling that they apparently are up to something sinister.

Wide shot: In this shot the character's figure can be witnessed however they remain hooded. Due to the previous shots only showing different parts of the character's body we decided to finally reveal the character's full frame to the audience, still retaining a sense of tension without revealing the character's true identity.

Blurred close up shot: In our final shot we used a blurred close up shot in order to retain mystic and tension as the character's face is not completely revealed and the music also begins to increase in instrumentation thus leading to the climax of the film.