Animated Thriller - wip

In this scene we see our first protagonist, Light/ Kira, become the villain of the series and get a gimps of his G-d complex. We are also introduced to his opponent and the second protagonist, L. This scene dose a good job of establishing a tension filled and dynamic conflict between these two cunning characters. A long shot introduces light into this scene( with Ryuk). This shows off his body language. a slide ways stance with one arm back on the chair and the other bent forward in front of him. The arm bent in front of him suggest that he is shocked and that the TV has caught his attention. However his other arm leaning on the chair shows that he is still continent and feels in control. A long shot is used on a subject just as action is about to happen, showing that Light will be involved in some kind of action. We learn strait away that Light is engaged in conflict. Lind. L. T (L.L.T), is shown to take up most of the scene and is staring directly at the viewer in a long shot. This, his suit, strait facial expression and statistic and strait body language makes L.L.T look like a legitimate threat and convincing as an authority.

The Birds - Crows in the Plaground

The scene starts of with a cross between a long shot and an establishing shot where we see both Melanie and the play set. Melanie looks over her shoulder and starts to smoke a cigarette. you can also see that her arms are crossed and she has a slightly frowning face. we are looking at nothing but there is still a slight build up of tension. she checks her watch and every now and again she looks over her shoulder. These are little tell-tell signs that Melanie is nervous and the intensify as the scene progresses, especially as more and more birds gather on the play set. The scene starts cutting back and forth from her and the gathering of birds, Melanie's behaviour is making the view more anxious over something as small and mundane as a crow. Melanie, herself, is trying to ignore the birds and dismiss them as normal until she notices one fly above her and turns to face the play set. From here both Melanie and the audience realise that the playground is, in fact being invaded by the crows.

M for Murder's Strangling Scene

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Opening to Rear Window

Tall buildings cover the majority of the grey sky, over towering the audience and filling the screen with brick red. this gives the feeling of vastness and imprisonment to the viewer, who sees this scene from a set of windows. This imagery is important for setting the story as our protagonist who is a disabled but professional photographer, called L. B. Jefferies/ Jeff who views the world, restricted, from his window and all the grim events that he witnesses after his wife's murder.
We then zoom in to see what lies beyond the rear window. One of the first things we see is a cat filmed from a faraway high angle shot. This makes the small creature look vulnerable and small. The camera then tilts up so we can observe how big the environment really is. The setting is a normal set of apartments but because of the way it's shot we get the idea that it's an entrapping and threatening place to be, we learn to see the area, not from the view of an outsider but, as one of its neighbour.

Vertigo 1 - Start of Scottie's Nightmare

during Scottie's nightmare the audience is shown his fear of vertigo and his obsession with Madalene. the scene starts with a normal setting with Scottie in bed, giving us the context of reality and sanity. We then get a close up shot of his face to suggest that we will be seeing things from his perspective. Which starts changing to a blue gel and keeps flashing back to normal, suggesting that we are entering a surreal sequence. The flashing gel changes to a dark washed out purple before going bright purple. This transition from normal colours, to surreal colours to a more 'fantasy' choice of colours shows that we are moving further and further away from reality and normality. Scottie's eyes open and we begin to see the crazy images he sees as we see a focus on the colour purple, the colour of Carlotta Valdes, her and bouquet of flowers, Carlotta and Carlotta's portrate with emphasis on her neclace.

Thriller techniques 1 WIP

A classic camera angle in thriller is a close-up-side shot of the back of the neck. You can see the hairs raise on the back of the neck indicating fear and making the audience subconsciously panic.

Another important trick is to only show a reaction of a threat and leave the threat out of the shot. Leaving danger outside of the frame indicates leaves the audience in the dark about how bad the situation is, it is especially effective when the subject is yet to see the threat but another character has told them that its there. alternatively you could only show a bit of the threat or subject to restrict information about who has been killed or to maintain the mystery surrounding the killers identity.

Another trick is to have the background lit up and the foreground in shadow so all the action is visible but none knows who's responsible. This can create tensions for the main characters as they may suspect each other.

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