Past student thrillers

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.