One item we would use to display the genre of thriller is a red card that the protagonist drops during when he runs away from the antagonist. We will zoom into the red card when Richard (protagonist) drops it, during the ‘meet’. This is to connote something bad will happen during the course of the film. Red as you may know denotes ‘blood, the devil, etc’. We decided to use the colour red also to add in a mystery which surrounds the protagonist in the later part of the film.

 

The clothing that we are using is a black jacket, black trousers. This is used to portray more mystery surrounding both the protagonist (Richard) and antagonist (Joshua). We decided to go with black clothing also because, as we are filming during the evening/night, it blends in, which could also suggest that the characters are like shadows instead of real people. This could also suggest that the black clothing symbolises death, evil, fear and the unknown. So as this is a psychological thriller, the mystery that surrounds the characters could mean that they are both going through problems in their minds.

 

The setting of the film also adds in with the mystery as it is dark, luminous, eerie etc. We decided to film in the night as it is the perfect time for a thriller film, and we choose central London as this is a crowded place. We, however found it difficult to film during the night because of most people as they walked into the camera, and it didn’t display the continuation of the film. The lighting (background) provided illumination of each scenes.

 

The lighting came from different angles to provide a deeper meaning in the scene because it displays the subject with a sense of mystery. We didn’t use much props because if we did use too much the audience watching would be more focused on the props rather than the characters and might miss a key part of the film.