THRILLER WORKSHOP - SILO PARK

19th February
Make a 2 minute thriller film sequence using guidance below about a character who is on the
run or is being stalked. This work will be used as part of your research and planning for your
thriller film opening. You will be evaluating your performance after this task and your preliminary
task.

YOU MUST INCLUDE:

CHARACTERS
Conflicted personality, fearful, suspicious, fatigued, determined and obsessive
THEMES & MOTIFS
Hope, conspiracy, relationships and time
CAMERA SHOTS, MOVEMENT & ANGLES
POV shot, overhead shot, wide shot, close up, panning, zoom, low angle, reaction shot, establishing
shot, extreme close up, focus pull and medium shot
EDITING
Cross cutting/parallel editing, continuity editing, shot reverse shot, match on action, jump cut,
juxtaposition and eye line match
SYMBOLISM
A watch or a clock, red, birds, staircases, walls, hands, the mind and a binary opposite
SOUND
Pleonastic sound, selective sound, sound motif, ambient sound, silence and synchronous
LIGHTING
Low key and chiaroscuro lighting
MOOD & TONE
Dark, depressing and lonely