Mies-en scene
is the french term meaning "in the scene or frame." This would include: settings and props, costume and make up, facial expressions and body language, lighting and colour, positioning of characters and objects in frame.
Colour - denotation and connotation
With colours, we can see differences in the settings based on the blue/red scale. When we see an image with a red scale, we will usually make a link between red colours and danger and heat and blood, and blue colours with low temperature and gloom, foreshadowing bad things to happen.
Denotation is something with a literal meaning.
Connotation is the representation of something.
Past student thrillers
The past thrillers I have chosen to review are power cut, hidden, hunter, and the catalyst. These films range in terms of how well they have been produced. Power cut
Out of the 4 examples of student thrillers given, I found power cut to be the worst produced. I think this because the mise-en scene wasn't good. The main settings of this film was in a classroom that was meant to be an office, but it was in a class room. in this class room there was posters made by younger students all over the walls which gave the film an unprofessional feel. Also, i found that the story line didn't make much sense. The same actor was playing 2 different parts, which made it more confusing as a viewer as you have to adjust yourself to be able to realise this and understand it properly.
Hidden
even though i didn't enjoy this thriller opening, i found that it wasn't the worst one i had seen. a less impressive example of a thriller was the one called hidden. The mise-en scene for this one was also quite poor, as it was filmed outside at night without any particular lighting. Because of this we can't see a lot of whats going on in the opening. Also the first minute or so is one cut, which makes boring for the viewers.
Catalyst
Catalyst is a better example of a thriller made by students, as it features scenes with good lighting, an interesting storyline. Also, there is a use of many different shots and angles, so we can see that the people who filmed this took time and put in effort. The story line makes sense also, as we can see an assassin murdering two people in order to obtain something. The settings for the opening was also perfect for the it, featuring perfect lighting for all the scenes.
Hunter
I found hunter to be the best of all the given options, it featured a good story line, also with a good choice of setting. Because the chosen culprit in the film is a PE teacher, the school corridors and classroom it made sense. Also the use of non diegetic sound to create suspense when the inspector is looking for the PE teacher. Then when the inspector finally meets the teacher the non diegetic music is turned off and the only sound in the scene is the dialogue between them. After the conversation ends the music begins to play again and the inspector takes a turn at a corner where he encounters the PE teacher again. The PE hits the inspector over the head, but the screen darkens as they hit connects and we hear the sound of the bat hitting his head but don't see it.
Psycho (1960) Psycho is an Alfred Hitchcock directed thriller featuring actors Anthony Perkins, Janet Leigh and Vera Miles. The film features a woman named Marion Crane, a beautiful blonde. She spends her lunch breaks with her lover Sam, who she finds eloping difficult because of the lack of money they have. During one of her shifts at work, she encounters a client with $40,000, which her boss entrusts her to put in the bank. She takes this as an opportunity to start a new life, so she runs away with the money. immediately her conscious begins to play games with her, as she starts to image conversations between her boss, the client she stole the money from and the police. Whilst on her run, she stops off at the Bates motel where she meets Norman Bates. Norman Bates appears to be slightly odd from the outset as she is very excitable and doesn't sort out her accommodation by the books. She over hears a conversation between him an his mother, and finds out that he is dominated by her character. Whilst speaking with Norman she notices a few odd things life stuffed birds, but over looks it as one of his hobbies. Marion gets comfortable in the hotel, and begins to regret taking the money, so she plans to take it back, she subtracts the amount of money she spent, on a piece of paper which she rips and throws in the bin. She then goes to take a shower, and whilst showering she notices a figure come into the room, and before she knows it the shower curtain is ripped open and a womanly figure is stabbing her. This is seen as a very significant scene in the thriller genre as people had never seen so much a terrifying and violent scene in film before.
Synopsis:Gottfried is a relatively infamous rapper with plenty of enemies. Whilst at a party he is shot by his arch nemesis, Tino. Fast forward, Elijah goes out to avenge Gottfried’s death and sees Tino, who just got out of prison.
