Research on the thriller genre: codes and conventions



This is the research we did into the technical conventions followed in thriller films in aspects of camera work, mise en scène, sound, and editing.
https://youtu.be/h-V5CbgRkkw
The opening of Gone Girl (2014), directed by David Fincher, introduces the conventional suburban settings the film is situated in.

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Representation in film openings

Every film ever made has furthered ideas about certain social groups or issues, i.e. has contained representations of them born through how certain characters are presented through camerawork and mise-en-scene, their behaviour, etc. This representation begins with the film opening which provides the audience precursors to the social groups or issues which will be represented in the film by introducing characters of a certain race, gender, sexuality, and situating them in a particular narrative and setting through which the film sheds light on certain social issues like racism, sexism, xenophobia, or issues pertinent to a specific culture or country. For example, as linked below, in the opening of the film Get Out (2017), directed by Jordan Peele, two characters are introduced, a black man and white woman, telling the audience that representations of them will be constructed through the unfolding narrative of the film as it progresses. Moreover, because the social group being represente...
Read more