Thriller films employ certain cinematography techniques to build tension and elicit emotions from viewers. Shots focus on characters and their movements to make audiences feel connected. Close-ups show intense emotions like fear or suspense up close. Deep focus and foreground elements set the scene and draw attention. While long shots lack emotion, they set context. Low angles convey superiority and high angles show vulnerability. Eye-level shots create tension or friendship between equals. Pans and zooms prolong suspense.

1. Cinematography and
camerawork

2.  Different genres and sub genres of films have different types or camera
work and cinematography that is used to provoke feelings and emotions
to the audience.

3. Cinematography within the genre
 Thriller genres tend to focus on shots and angles that revolve around
characters and how they move throughout scenes.
 These are important to build the needed tension that makes a thriller film
a thriller.
 These types of shot also influence the emotion that is felt by viewers as
they are able to relate to the character being followed

4. Types of camerawork and
cinematography
 Shot – A unit of recording from the camera within a specific time frame.
Films include multiple shots laced together of different lengths angles and
heights.
 Angles – The position of the camera relative to a character or object within
frame. These includes, short, wide or either high or low angles.

5. Shots
 There are a few shots that are used to gain the aesthetic of being a thriller
genre film. This includes the use of close ups, deep focused shots or wide
and long shots.

6. Close ups
 Close ups are used to convey emotions and a connectedness with the
character in certain times such as times of extreme suspense, anger or fear.
 This is used as it shows the most emotion of the character as viewers are
able to recognise the smallest of movements and expressions of the
character in shot.

7. Deep focus and use of the foreground
 In thriller films there is the often and frequent use of using the foreground
to make information and items clear to set the scene or create an impact
across the shot.
 This is the same for deep focused shots
 Deep focused shots are used to emphasise the items in the foreground
and blur items in the background.

8. Wide and long shots
 Thrillers tend not to use long or wide shots as these remove a lot of
emotion and fast paced action.
 This is because they are more effective close up.
 However, wide and long shots are used with deep focused shots in which
are used to set the scene
 They are also used to set and represent scenes of intense conversation.

9. Angles
 There are a few angles that are regularly used within the genre of thrillers
which would be regarded as concepts

10. Low angles
 Low angles are used regularly within thrillers to convey and show
superiority of other characters. This is show the emotions of those who are
subject to being shown as weaker than another person.
 These are used to help the audience to decide where and how characters
in comparison to the narrative and story

11. High angles
 In contrast to low angles, there are high angles.
 High angles are used to convey the opposite emotions and views
 They show the vulnerability of characters or a lack of physical power.
 An example of this is a victim of a crime or attack.

12. Eye level
 Eye level is important as it portrays emotions or stand offs between
characters within thrillers.
 It has also been shown to convey a tension between characters showing
that they are of equal stance.
 However, due to this equal stance, they can also be used to show
friendship, brotherhood or a comradeship between two characters as it
shows an equality between them

13. Movement of shots
 Thrillers tend to make use of lots of movements to emphasise the fast
pace of action or use slower movements to build up a suspense.
 In some thrillers the use of a following motions suggests that a character is
being followed, however it also can show the little amount of knowledge a
character has, giving the audience a sense of surprise or fear.

14. Pans and zooms
 Panning and zooming out is used to create a tension as it is commonly
used to show a danger such as a monster. The slowness of this can be
used to provoke a sense of fear and tension and leave the audience in
suspense for the shots duration.
 Zooming is rarely used however when it is, it is used for a specific detail
that needs to be focused on.
 This may be something that the character may have missed, or something
that proceeds to further the narrative of the story.