A typical convention of a thriller film is how a series of or one important enigma would be set up in the opening sequence of the film, further complicated during the first part of the film and resolved at the very end of the film. As we are only filming an opening sequence we cannot further complicate our enigmas throughout or resolve them at the end, but we have definitely set up a series of enigmas in our opening sequence and have tried to do so in a way that would make our audience want to continue watching to find out the reasons behind these enigmas and how they are resolved. The enigmas our audience will be left wondering about after watching our opening sequence will be why the antagonist has an obsession with one particular character, what is wrong with the antagonist, if they are a previous criminal, and what they are going to do. Technical elements that help us to make these enigmas apparent are: camerawork such as how the shots are taken from behind the antagonist's shoulder and head to clearly show how they are watching the protagonist constantly, editing certain shots one after another to show how things link together and reveal the beginning of secrets and enigmas, mise en scene costumes such as pink ballet outfits to make the scene look realistic and show the vulnerability of the girls, and sound such as eerie sounding ballet music to show the audience something is not right.
Another convention of a thriller film we use in our opening sequence is how the narrative presents ordinary situations in which extraordinary things happen. We filmed a part of our opening sequence inside some normal looking toilets, but through editing we will create a scene where the antagonist will appear then disappear from behind the protagonist in the mirror. To create this we filmed two different parts of the scene, one with the antagonist behind the protagonist and another with just the protagonist looking in the mirror and nothing behind her. We will edit them together smoothly and the protagonist also kept very still in both scenes so that it looks realistic and as if it was not cut between. This will hopefully surprise our audience and give a creepy effect.
Another convention of a thriller film we use in our opening sequence is how the narrative presents ordinary situations in which extraordinary things happen. We filmed a part of our opening sequence inside some normal looking toilets, but through editing we will create a scene where the antagonist will appear then disappear from behind the protagonist in the mirror. To create this we filmed two different parts of the scene, one with the antagonist behind the protagonist and another with just the protagonist looking in the mirror and nothing behind her. We will edit them together smoothly and the protagonist also kept very still in both scenes so that it looks realistic and as if it was not cut between. This will hopefully surprise our audience and give a creepy effect.
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