Analysis of Past Students Work

I have been watching examples of past students work, to observe what aspects I could prehaps use in my own thriller.

I partricularly like this clip is called 'The Night Walker' which was produced by last years media students.

The clip starts with close up of a pair of hands playing an old, broken piano, bandaged up and bloodstained. The music starts off slow, creating suspense which entices the viewer in. The music then changes and becomes more frantic as the clip shows someone cutting eyes out of people in pictures. The fast pace editing creates a sense of unease.

There is limited diologue in this clip because music is most prominant throughout. It helps build the tension and create a cinematic atmosphere, where the audience are practically sitting on the edge of their seats. Diegetic sound is used as we hear the protagonist's footsteps as they run, breathing heavily and squealing.

There is also good use of camera shots, mainly filmed using a handheld rather than a tripod which creates the impression that the protagonist is frightened and doesn't know where to go or what's happening. We can tell that she is panicking as the edits are fast and the handheld camera shots are shakey.

 

The audience also never sees the face of this person, which makes them  question: Who could it be? Why are they cutting out pictures? Why is there blood on there hands?