2. 1) Opening Shot
The opening shot to our thriller opening will be a
close-up of a bright light in a dark room. The camera
will then pan back away slightly as the light fills up
the full frame. This shot, contrasting the light from
the dark room, will create an eerie enigma; as we
found from research is a common feature in thriller
openings.
3. 2) Pan along bookshelf
This will be the second shot in our thriller
opening and will follow on from the shot of
the light.
This shot will be a pan from left to right
across a bookshelf displaying books. The
lighting will be dimly lit and ambiguous as to
what the books are and who's house they
are in. These features combine to keep the
audience ‘in the dark’ about what’s going on
and creates a sense of mystery.
4. 3) Candle pan
The third shot will be a close up, pan (again
from left to right) displaying four candles in a
row. This odd image suggests that the Killer is
preparing for something as he lights candles in
his room.
It also follows on from the idea of the lamp in
the dark room, by setting a chilling mood and
creating an enigma.
5. 4) Placing down the gun
The fourth shot will demonstrate a character
who's identity remains unknown as he places a
gun down infront of the row of candles. This shot
will also be a close-up to clearly see what he is
doing.
The behaviour is very abnormal which makes the
audience consider the character to be
dangerous. The connotations of the gun portray
the character to be dangerous as the audience
6. 5) Circling the victim
The fifth shot in our thriller opening will be a
close-up shot of the ‘Killer’ character with a
marker pen that he uses to draw around the
victim’s face.
This singling-out of the victim from the rest
of the people on the newspaper cut-out is a
very disturbing image that will create a tense
atmosphere when watching as the audience.
7. 6) Outside the house
Shot six will be a medium close up of the
backdoor of the victim’s house. The ‘Killer’ will
walk infront of the shot temporarily before he
proceeds towards the door.
The Killer will be wearing dark, black clothing
which will contrast with the light coming from
inside the house, suggesting he is not meant to
be there.
By this time there will still be no shots revealing
the killer’s face which adds to the mystery and
tense atmosphere.
8. 7) Killer’s shoes
Shot seven will be taken from a low
angle but still be a high angle shot.
This is in order to preserve the
ambiguous feel the audience have
towards the ‘Killer.’
In this shot we will see the character’s
shoes as he steps towards the back
door and comes in. The shot will be
from inside the house signifying the
character is intruding into the house.
