Daniel Rayson Task number 1, stills of thriller conventions: To the left is a screen grab from the later part of our opening thriller sequence. A technique we have employed here is the style of lighting (low key lighting) which is classic by other thriller movies, this adds to a convention of creating a feel of confusion and illusion of the viewer. It is dim lit creating an eerie and unnerving feel within the location that the character Nate is in, it adds a feel of danger to the viewer, as it isn’t as clear to what is on the screen and can confuse them. I think it worked well within the scene we was shooting and gave the effect of confusion and danger we was hoping to achieve. To the right is a screen grab from the dialogue between the character Nate (inset) and our other character Lucas. One technique we have aimed to use here was a use of shadows which is closely linked to lighting. It is used by many thrillers; it adds to the convention off setting up enigmas and questions to the audience, I believe an effective one. Shadows can be used to represent an inner darkness within a person, and they can also add to eeriness and tension that is being created. I think we used this technique effectively to add to the enigma convention as we know Nate has locked away a dark secret within him that Lucas is trying to find out. It makes him look menacing and can throw questions to the audience like ‘Is he the antagonist?’ To the left is a screen grab which is a flashback in Nate’s memory which occurs during the dialogue scene between Nate and Lucas. This is an effect we have put to use here is flashbacks which are commonly used within thrillers linked to memory and things which have occurred in the past. It adds to creating enigmas and questions to the audience. Flashbacks contribute to a sense of time and space disorientation which causes more confusion to the audience. It is also a common effect used in thrillers because it can give insight into to a characters past building up the audiences understanding of them, although this can be used as a red herring and lead the audiences perception of the character down the wrong path. Overall I think our use of flashbacks adding to the convention of enigmas and questions, working well building up tension in our thriller and also making the thriller interesting to watch by breaking up the long parts of dialogue.