Our Thriller: The Routine

Here is our complete version of our thriller.

Rough Edit & Storyboard

 Rough edit for the opening of our thriller.

And here is the Storyboard for our Thriller:

Sound in our thriller

In our thriller to we added sound effects to emphasise the tense moments in our opening, for example we added a low frequency bass sound to emphasise his shock as he discovers a blooded knife in his kitchen drawer. This sound was edited on a program called Fruity Loops, and the sound was created by using the sound of a kick drum on the program and lowering the pitch to create a low bass sound.

Here is an example of what the programs user interface looks like. as you can see on the far left there are many instrumental sounds which can be selected and edited by changing the length and pitch of the sound.

How our film meets thriller conventions

The way our film meets the conventions of a thriller is how the film starts off really contrasting to what you would usually expect from a thriller, this done by adding a red herring which is joyful music in an attempt to throw off the audience and cause confusion by being unsure as to what the thriller is about.


Another convention is we based our thriller about a serial killer but by kidnapping the main character and not killing him we have steered clear of a horror genre.

Also we use a build up of suspence when you find out the killer is in the main characters house, and this suspence grows as you can spot the killer behind a glass door as the main character runs out of the kitchen to the front door. Also just before the killer attacks the main character there is a shot of him peaking around the corner of the door frame, this is the final inection of suspence until the point were you think the killer may reveil his identity but he still has on his mask.

Mise en Scene of our Thriller

The aspects of mise en scene in our thriller consist of lighting:

Costume:

Here is an image of the main character of our thriller and the costume which is worn through out his morning routine.  

Here is an image of the killer with his mask on.

Here is an image of the makeup being applied to the killer to make the surrounding area of his eyes  more dark creating a more sinister look with the mask on. We also made sure the killer was dressed all in black to create a mysterious facade for the killer.

Props:

The props we included in our thriller was a kitchen knife which the main character used in the morning to cut his apple. we also covered this knife with fake blood for when the main character finds it on the forth day. 

Our Film Editing

In this post I have screen shots of the process of editing our film on Sony Vegas

In this Screen shot you can see the first repeated day is complete and cut down to the appropriate length.

Here in this screen shot you can see us trying different zoom effects to make what the killer wrote on the mirror more obvious for the audience.

Music of our thriller

We chose to use this song which gives a rather happy and jolly feel to the film, this creates the contrasting effect to the genre to throw off the audience and to cause slight confusion as to what they are watching. Also the phrase:
"Everyday i seem to turn around
I'm on my back again
coz i know there's something
better than the tomb I'm living in"

This relates to the main characters repetitive morning and schedule and what gives the film its name.