Researching institutional factors of similar films

We did research into the film Hide and Seek to get the general idea of the conventions of a Thriller......

Hide and Seek (2005)

Production Company - Twentieth Century Fox

Directed By - John Polson

Narrative -

• Shown from two characters points of view (this involves the audience in events)


• Story told from the view of the villain


• The dialogue in thrillers never contains a complete explanation of the plot (it maintains the mystery and builds up suspense).
  

Characters Dress Code -

• Characters appear smart and well dressed in dark colours
  

Character Parts -

• Helpless innocent female in need of rescue (Laura Callaway, Mum)


• Young 'mysterious' girl (Emily Callaway, Daughter)


• Unkown psychiatric (David Callaway, Dad)

Iconography -

• Isolated suburban city


• Mysterious Household


• Dim Lighting (low key - hides parts to the character)


• Camera Shots - point of view, close ups (commonly used - builds suspense), Long shots (sets the scene) low angle, high angle (opening scene), tracking shots, pan shots


• A lot of camera movement


• Colours - Red (connotates blood/danger) and Blue (connotates blue cold mystery and death)

Themes -

• Isolation


• Entrapment


• Murder


• Pain

Titles -

• Done on a black screen with non-diegetic music playing

The Dark Knight (2008)

Production company - Warner Brothers

Directed by - Christopher Nolan

Long shot – shows skyscrapers in new York.

Zooms into a building –

• close up on a gun shot and glass smashing.
  
• Close up on a man holding the gun with a joker mask on, to show he is part of a gang, and hiding his identity.
  A second shot is fired at a building opersite.

A medium shot -

• mans back holding a bag, with a joker mask in his other hand - showing he is part of a gang.
• 
  Zoom in on the joker mask
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  Car pulls up and man holding mask and bag jumps in.

High angle long shot

• The two men who fired the shots, sliding down on a tight rope
• 
  2 man talking in the front of the car, while the man they picked up loads a gun showing something is about to happen
• 
  2 men on roof talking about the “joker” whilst breaking into a buildings electrical supply.
• 
  3 men from car go into a bank

Medium shot -

• firing guns
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  Close up of the manager in the banks office as the guns shot – shows he is hidden from the joker gang

Low angle long shot - showing that the men in masks are superior and in control

Match on action shot - showing the men moving around the bank taking control of the people.

Close up

• on the men on roof showing multiple things are going on with the joker gang.
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  One man on roof kills the other one once he has unlocked the alarm of the bank.
• The man from roof now runs into the building heading down the stairs, with the camera to his back