This document analyzes techniques used in thriller films. It discusses how lighting, camera angles, facial expressions, and scene setting are used to build suspense and mystery. Bright lighting on a character's face indicates their importance, while dark lighting shows a sinister or evil side. A woman being wrapped in cling film by her killer shows their obsession with cleanliness. Minimal lighting in a nighttime killing scene draws the audience in. Props like glass objects on a table foreshadow that someone may be killed with them.

1. Analysis of Thrillers
The bright lighting on
her face shows she is the
mos t important in this
s cene and how we
al ready know something
bad will happen to her.
The woman being
wrapped up in cling film
shows that her killer has
an obsession with
cleanliness, and
throughout the scene we
see this through things
being covered up.
The knife a clear
di rection to something
bad will occur.
The dark lighting on his
face shows this evil,
s inister s ide of him.
De xter’s fa cial
expression highlights
the anger he has
towards this person.
There is minimal
l ighting in this s cene
and this is done so
there i s emphasis on
how the killer will
only ki ll at night and it
makes i t feel a lot
more l ike the
audience are in this
s cene.
Dexter
The facial expression on
the person face could
l ink to a frustration or
anger towards the other
person. Also the
covering of his face
might mean that they
don’t wa nt you to know
who they are.
The blue tinge, is a colour
that connotes with thrillers
as i t adds the element of
mys tery and the right level of
darkness to know that
something bad can happen.
We can see that
the woman is
smi ling this could
look like she is
mocking the other
character, but
could be a way to
hide how s cared
she is.
It i s s et as if it i s a date
and that makes it seem as
i f everything is normal, it
i s leading the audience
into a false sense of
security, which will then
lead to the audience not
trus ting the narrator.
We know that this i s a
thri l ler so therefore the
props on the table are all
glass, and suggests that
someone or something
wi l l be killed by it.
Blue Valentine