The document discusses the filmmaker's choices in creating a thriller film. They used two characters - a 19-year-old white female protagonist and one male antagonist. They chose settings and colors that represent innocence, darkness, and being watched or controlled. Scenes were filmed inside the filmmaker's home to resemble other thriller films set in houses. Shots alternate between color and black/white to show the protagonist becoming trapped and the antagonist getting closer. Sounds were added to represent social issues like voices not being heard. The filmmaker aims to intrigue viewers and reflect on society through the characters and narrative.

1. Q2 Evaluation

2. • In my film I used two characters. The main protagonist in my
film is 19 years of age. I chose to use a 19 year old because its
not too young and so connects with a wider audience. I typically
chose a young white female who is upper class, which follows
the typical conventions of thriller because middle class white
families are always vulnerable to danger. I use the ideology of a
young girl being kidnapped for ransom or pleasure to also follow
typical conventions. Also the stereotypes, a young girl being
open and vulnerable to all sorts of danger and the fact that I only
use one male and one female follows the conventions of thrillers
because the male wants the female but the female doesn’t want
the male. I tried to use some aspects from ‘House At the End of
The Street’, but this film isn’t a typical thriller, but that’s why I
tried to use it because I didn’t want to be mainstream and follow
all thriller conventions.

3. • For mise en scene, I made my protagonist wear the same
clothes throughout the film. Her clothes are shades colour
that I tried to resemble as hope, safety and innocence. The
white scarf is the centre of hope (and the shot) and the
jacket is red and so I felt it resembled pain or death (as in
blood). Then the black leggings, black, resembling
darkness or death; slowly creeping around her. I wanted to
show her innocence but at the same time show the stains
of darkness within her personality. However the choice of
colours may confuse the viewers into thinking she is ‘bad’. I
did this in the opening because it can make viewers think
about what the story line will be about and intrigue them
into to finding out if she is evil or not.

4. • I used my own house because my garage is very dark
and creates a very good setting for any horror/ thriller
film. It being filmed inside a house associated it with it
with other thriller films such as ‘The Strangers’. This
film is set inside a small house to give off a creepier
effect. I tried to show all the windows in my house to
follow the connotations of a thriller; as someone is
watching us, reflecting on society as we are always
being watched by our peers within society.

5. • For the time of the day I chose to film just before sun down to give off a
mysterious effect but I haven’t really followed a thriller theme as ‘Enemy of The
State’ starts at dawn, early in the morning representing society rising up like
the sun. I thought going against this is a good way of increasing the reality of
the film. Inside the house, the colours are very plain (white) because its her
house; her safe haven. I wanted the house to remind people of a boring creepy
building such as a hospital, suggesting more powerful people are keeping some
people in society under control. It also suggests she has no choice in what her
walls may look like because if they are white; maybe she is being forced to have
them this way, maybe by the council, reflecting on their rules. I have almost set
up a false narrative here because the viewers have no idea if this girl is good or
and because of her surroundings. I feel this is the best way of starting off a
thriller film because it lets the viewers build their own narrative before seeing
mine. This also reflects on society because people believe they can live their
lives the way they want to but there is always something changing the course.
The houses colour is also not dark because if they were they wouldn’t be very
welcoming to the outside.

6. • In this shot it shows my protagonist inside the basement, surrounded by darkness. I
used a black and white filter here to give off the effect that she is trapped and is
slowly being swallowed by her surroundings. Possibly reflecting on society because
many social groups try and use children as excuses for them to do things. But the
main reason was to show the antagonists view of the situation because traditional
antagonist characters aren’t usually shown in such detail. What I mean by this is that
when there is a killer for example, you never see it from his/ her point of view but I
went against this convention and used it. I feel it is a good way of representing both
characters in detail. The audience can relate to this because they may feel that they
are then portrayed as the antagonist due to the point of view shots. We switch
between the black and white shots within the film to shows that he is getting closer
with every second; it also shows her vulnerability. The fact that she has no idea he is
following her, which suggests that society is damaged in the fact that you can watch
anyone and become a part of peoples lives too easily. The music underneath is now
louder than before with an added heavy breathing and heartbeat that shows her
innocence and makes the viewers want to help her. This represents social groups
because people want to help others such as Help For Heroes. I increased the volume
to increase the build up to her being grabbed by him. The viewers may feel that this
situation could have been help or caused by some social influences such as the help of
the Police. Every viewer was probably wondering where the Police were but this is
typical of a film because we want things to appear but they are always to late.

7. • Overall I tried to add different sounds and effects that resemble
today’s society such as victim’s voices not being heard because of
social influences such as bullying or rape. Especially young people
are being treated very badly in some ethic backgrounds from
which I tried to show in my film because some people don’t know
what its like to be in that kind of situation; this will then effect the
rest of my film because viewers try and find the solution to this
pain.