What happens in this scene is that, the lady can see steam coming out from the bathroom, and the door is open, she goes in and takes the plug out for the water to drain, as she brings her head up she see's a girls face in the reflection of the water, and starts to scream, her Husband/boyfriend runs to comfort her.
Aspects borrowed from "PSYCHO"
The borrowed aspects from "psycho" is the mise en scene of a bathroom, and the close up on the plug whole, and then another borrowed aspect is the draining of water.
What happens in this scene?
Girl walks in a hallway, towards the shower room, as the man is taking a shower, girl sneaks beside the shower, takes a knife out, and then opens the shower door, and stabbes him many times till he falls to his death.
Aspects borrowed from "PSYCHO"
The aspects borrowed from "Pyscho" in this, is the mise en scene of a shower, the knife, however it is different because female is the on in power. They also borrowed aspects of the camera shots, a close up was used on the toe as water was dripping similar styles where used in Psycho.
In this scene, two people are walking through the airport, they bump into each other, drop each others bag at the same time, one of them gives a parcel and they walk of with different bags.
What makes it suspenseful?
What makes it suspenseful, is the effect of the camera lens, blurring everyone out, except of two people, this builds a tension, on why are they getting all the focus, the use of only diegetic sounds of walking and usual airport sounds, it's almost like we as the audience are echoed out by what they are doing, and only them. There is a fact paced editing when they both crash into each other, it helps amplify the state of shock.
What also helps the creation of suspense is where they bump into each other, they have a normal conversation, how ever, this build up of tension and suspense starts again as they pick each others bags up, and one of them puts a envelope in his jacket. The use of an airport for the first scene, allows us to feel safe as that area conveys a sense of high security. (False sense of security)
What happens in the scene?
In this scene, "Max" the cab driver, has been tied down to his steering wheel, as he shouts of help, and has failed attempts of getting attention towards the dark alleyway. When he does get attention, a group of men come towards him, they pull out a gun and threaten to kill him. Vincent the man in the suit, appears, and spots these thugs walking away with his briefcase, he puts his hands up and then takes out his gun and shoots them both, then takes his bag back.
What makes it suspenseful?
What makes it suspenseful is for the lighting of the scene, it was dark and set in an alleyway, this scenario connotes danger and death. Max then try's to get attention, we as the audience believe he has been rescued and now have a moment of relief, then to only find out, the man outside the car pulls out a gun and aims it at Max's head. This builds a great amount of anxiety and tension and suspense.
They take Vincents briefcase from the back seat and walk off, we have a sense of relief to think that, at least Max's life has been spared, but then Vincent confronts them, at this time we know that these thugs have a gun, but Vincent does not, we are now worried for him and this is a build of tension and suspense, if Vincent may get shot, however Vincent's fast reactions resulted in both thugs dying, and this fast paced action amplifies the dramatics feeling of this scene and the danger of it all.
What happens in the scene?
In this scene, Vince and Max are shooting at each other in darkness, they both at the same time run out of ammo, however Vincent decides to sit down, in a state of shock to realise he has been shot. Max comes towards him sits opposite him and listens to what Vincent has to say. Then Max and the girl walk of the train onto the streets, whilst Vincent's body remains on that train as we see the train go off in the final shot.
What makes it suspenseful?
What makes it suspenseful is that, Max and Vincent are shooting in the dark, at this point we don't know who has been shot, and Max and Vincent don't know either, we are left in a state of anxiety to find out who got shot, and this helps build suspense as we are awaiting who has been shot. They both ran out of ammo, and have no spare magazines, at this point we are worried about Max as Vincent has special training in armed combat, however, this tension is broken by the fact when we spot the blood stain on his chest, and he slowly sits him self down in shock, this is a great way to end the action in great climax, and then allows the next few moments of the film to be the most important, and in this case, it was Vincent's dying words.
Definition of Genre: a class or category of artistic endeavor having a particularform, content, technique, or the like: the genre of epicpoetry; the genre of symphonic music.
Some examples of Thriller Sub-Genres are below :
Disaster thriller: In which the main conflict is due to some sort of natural or artificial disaster, such as floods, earthquakes, hurricanes, volcanoes, etc., or nuclear disasters as an artificial disaster.
Crime thriller: This particular genre is a hybrid type of both crime films and thrillers that offers a suspenseful account of a successful or failed crime or crimes. These films often focus on the criminal rather than a policeman. Crime thrillers usually emphasise action over psychological aspects.
Mystery thriller: Suspense films where characters attempt solving, or involved in, a mystery.
Religious thriller: In which the plot is closely connected to religious objects, institutions and questions. While suspense stories have always shown a significant affinity for religion.
Supernatural thriller: In which the film brings in an otherworldly element mixed with tension, suspense and plot twists. Sometimes the hero and/or villain has some psychic ability.
Techno thriller: A suspense film in which the manipulation of sophisticated technology plays a prominent part.
Psychological thriller: In which (until the often violent resolution) the conflict between the main characters is mental and emotional, rather than physical.
Medical thriller: In which the hero/heroine are medical doctors/personnel working to solve an expanding medical problem.
Political thriller: In which the hero/heroine must ensure the stability of the government that employs him.
A very good example of suspense in a thriller movie is Jaws. An amazingly intelligent, powerful, riveting, and terrifying film that stays with you for a lifetime -- a true masterpiece of horror without the most obvious silly supernatural elements, with raw suspense that many filmmakers try but fail to recreate even to this day.
Within the film Jaws, suspense is created using a number of micro features, these features consist of; mise en scene, sound, editing and camera.
Within this clip from "Jaws" holds a technique where suspense is created is named the false plateu, this is when a significantly large amount of suspense is created and then let down because it was an event not relevant to the situation.
This scene is set where everyone is at the beach, laughing, playing and absorbing the sun as usual, nothing strange. This gives the audience (us a viewers) a sense of security, and reassurance that this is all normal, as the set is very relatable with the audience, we (as the audience) also feel relaxed and laid back, the editing is quite quick, but this does not affect the way we as an audience think, but the fast editing does create a sense of excitement on the beach, and very careless, carefree, light mood, like the people on the beach. There is no music, only the digetic sounds of people on the beach, the smooth sounds of the waves washing up on the beach, then the eerie music intensifies when the shark is introduced to the scene moving slowly though the water. The camera moves slowly, as the shark travels in the seas, once people catch the attention of the fin in the open waters, the music volume increases and this almost tells the editor to cut the camera shots really tight, creating suspense, thrill and excitement as the movement of people on the beach become quicker.
Just as Psycho made people afraid to go in the shower, Jaws has done the same for people going into the water at the beach, forever planting in the mind that unseen danger lurks below the water's surface that can destroy a human being in seconds, in one of the most horrific way imaginable.
when discussing names , we all had diffrent ideas some of us came out with ovious names , but one that we all thought was very effective was I.C.U , becuase it reflected widly towars to moral of the thriller , which is someone being watched at their every movment. we wanted it to be in capitals because our target audiences are aimed at young adults and over and we wanted it to relate to them to be in slag.
