Common Camera angles-
- High angle/Birds eye view
- Close ups
- Panning
- Canted/Dutch
- Extreme long shot
Mis En Scene-
Costumes- Common clothes are used. Usually there are some characters that dress in dark clothes to conceal their identity.
Lighting- The most common lighting in thrillers is low-key lighting. This is used to make the audience feel suspense and tension.
Actors- Many actors are used in thrillers. There needs to be many main characters, and extras.
Make Up- Makeup is used in film to portray the personality of the character. In thrillers, not much makeup is used since the identity of characters is supposed to be kept hidden.
Props- The main element of thrillers is suspense. Suspense is greatly built with props. Common props that build suspense are knives, guns, blood, and curtains.
Setting- Thrillers usually take place in cities and suburbs, however they can become specific and take place in foreign cities, desert themed places, and polar regions.
Editing in thrillers is also crucial because it will develop the feeling of suspense. To create suspense, fast pace and slow paced editing is used. This helps create tension with a scene.
Thrillers use suspense, tension, and excitement as its main elements. This keeps the viewer hooked on the film. Thrillers stimulate the viewers moods by giving them a high level of anticipation, expectation, surprise, and anxiety.
Sound is also one of the most important elements that make a thriller what it is. Digetic sound is the most common type of sound in thrillers. Sounds help build tension in scenes. Another technique directors use in thrillers is the use of no sound. This technique was used in the popular film "A Quiet Place."
In addition to the Western genre, the other two genres my group has decided to research are horror and thriller. Although these two genres are often thought of as pretty similar, there are some big differences.
Common shots used in horror films are the close up, establishing shot, and point of view shot. Close ups are typically used in horror to either show how afraid a character is or how scary a monster or evil character is. Establishing shots are used to show a spooky location, such as a haunted house or graveyard. Horror films also use POV shots to make you even more spooked because they want you to feel like you're the actual character in the film. Some camera movements that are common are zooms and the hand-held. Zooms are used to make the subject even scarier by slowly moving towards it. Hand-held scenes give the movie an even greater sense of reality, causing more scares.
Costumes in horror movies are often designed to be spooky, for example a scary clown costume or vampire costume. Lighting in these films are often dark, in order to give more scares and mystery. The actors in these movies are supposed to be either really scary (if they're playing the villain/monster) or super dramatic (if they're playing the victim). Makeup in horror films can often be gory and bloody at times to give a big scare and make the viewer scared or uncomfortable. Props in these movies vary based on what type of horror film it is. In slasher type movies, large knives are very common (hence the name slasher), but in a movie centering a monster, a creepy talisman would be a good prop to use. For setting, the movies are often set in creepy places such as haunted houses, cemeteries, and rundown buildings.
The editing in these films include jump cuts as well as special effects added in post production in order to make certain events scarier or more realistic.
Common elements in horror movies include the use of jump scares, gory violence, suspense, dark places, and many creepy creatures to gross out or frighten the audience.
Common sounds in the genre usually include high-pitched noises that continue for a long duration of time to build up suspense. Characters also scream a lot to show fear.
Some horror film examples are It, Halloween, The Nightmare on Elm Street, and Chucky.
In horror films, I do not like jump scares. I feel as if they are cheap ways to try and scare the audience. I find them very annoying and if jump scares are the only scary thing your horror movie has to offer, then it's not a good horror movie. The things I do like in horror movies are the over dramatic characters and when scares actually feel well earned and aren't cheap.
In addition to the Western genre, the other two genres my group has decided to research are horror and thriller. Although these two genres are often thought of as pretty similar, there are some big differences.
Common shots used in horror films are the close up, establishing shot, and point of view shot. Close ups are typically used in horror to either show how afraid a character is or how scary a monster or evil character is. Establishing shots are used to show a spooky location, such as a haunted house or graveyard. Horror films also use POV shots to make you even more spooked because they want you to feel like you're the actual character in the film. Some camera movements that are common are zooms and the hand-held. Zooms are used to make the subject even scarier by slowly moving towards it. Hand-held scenes give the movie an even greater sense of reality, causing more scares.
Costumes in horror movies are often designed to be spooky, for example a scary clown costume or vampire costume. Lighting in these films are often dark, in order to give more scares and mystery. The actors in these movies are supposed to be either really scary (if they're playing the villain/monster) or super dramatic (if they're playing the victim). Makeup in horror films can often be gory and bloody at times to give a big scare and make the viewer scared or uncomfortable. Props in these movies vary based on what type of horror film it is. In slasher type movies, large knives are very common (hence the name slasher), but in a movie centering a monster, a creepy talisman would be a good prop to use. For setting, the movies are often set in creepy places such as haunted houses, cemeteries, and rundown buildings.
The editing in these films include jump cuts as well as special effects added in post production in order to make certain events scarier or more realistic.
Common elements in horror movies include the use of jump scares, gory violence, suspense, dark places, and many creepy creatures to gross out or frighten the audience.
Common sounds in the genre usually include high-pitched noises that continue for a long duration of time to build up suspense. Characters also scream a lot to show fear.
Some horror film examples are It, Halloween, The Nightmare on Elm Street, and Chucky.
In horror films, I do not like jump scares. I feel as if they are cheap ways to try and scare the audience. I find them very annoying and if jump scares are the only scary thing your horror movie has to offer, then it's not a good horror movie. The things I do like in horror movies are the over dramatic characters and when scares actually feel well earned and aren't cheap.
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