1. Reaction shots are another important feature in Thriller films. For example in the opening of The Silence of the Lambs, we see the main girl’s reaction when she sees the Billboard of photos.
[ Insert screen shot of girls reaction when she sees Billboard ]
This helps us to see through her character that the pictures are a negative thing, and it shows us how we should also react to what we are seeing. It also shows us a taster of what might be coming up in the Thriller.
2. Setting and lighting is very important in thriller films. It doesn’t really matter where you set a Thriller, but the other aspects you add to it, like lighting, make it more thriller like. For example in the opening of The Silence of the Lambs, the girl is running in a forest. The forest is full of gloomy, dark colours, and is sort of scary.
[ enter screen shot of girl running in dark Forest ]
Using darker, greyer lighting adds to the effect of feeing something negative about to happen. It also sets the scene well, because thrillers aren’t happy, joyful films, they usually have a scary storyline.
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