7/25/2019 Thriller Workshop

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THRILLER WORKSHOP - SILO PARK

19th February

Make a 2 minute thriller film sequence using guidance below about a characterwho is on the

run or is being stalked. This work will be used as part of your research and planning for your

thriller film opening.You will be evaluating your performance after this task and your preliminary

task.

YOU MUST INCLUDE:

CHARACTERSConflicted personality, fearful, suspicious, fatigued, determined and obsessive

THEMES & MOTIFS

Hope, conspiracy, relationships and time

CAMERA SHOTS, MOVEMENT & ANGLES

POV shot, overhead shot, wide shot, close up, panning, zoom, low angle, reaction shot, establishing

shot, extreme close up, focus pull and medium shot

EDITING

Cross cutting/parallel editing, continuity editing, shot reverse shot, match on action, jump cut,

juxtaposition and eye line match

SYMBOLISM

A watch or a clock, red, birds, staircases, walls, hands, the mind and a binary opposite

SOUND

Pleonastic sound, selective sound, sound motif, ambient sound, silence and synchronous

LIGHTING

Low key and chiaroscuro lighting

MOOD & TONE

Dark, depressing and lonely

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