My Reflection on the Final Product

I am generally really impressed with the final product of our psychological thriller opening sequence. We abode by the codes and conventions of the thriller genre, in terms of cinematography, editing, mise-en scene and sound.

Cinematography

Shots such as big close ups are very common in thrillers. They reveal emotion; such as fear.













Editing 


Visual effects are typically recognised in psychological thrillers to represent insanity. We used visual effects such as overlaying footage to give hectic effect.












Mise-en-scene

Desolate locations such as forests,




 










Props that connote horror,

Dark tones and shades,

and low-key lighting, are all stereotypical conventions that are recognised in mainstream thrillers, and sub-genres of thriller , such as psychological thriller. By including these aspects in our opening, we successfully reveal the genre to the audience.









I think that as a group as well as individually, we have excelled, and have developed a much deeper understanding of the aspects of film such as editing, cinematography and mise-en-scene.This is visible when comparing our preliminary task and first draft of our opening to our final draft of our opening.