Thriller shot list

Point of view tilt shot fading in and out of focus, this is done to emphasise the idea of disorientation and confusion. Also placing the audience the characters shoes, relating with the character.

low medium/close up on the girl surrounded by rags and covers. To help establish the situation.

There will then be a medium worms eye view shot looking up at the male. The generic conventions of a thriller will be challenged because we are shooting in the day in a wide open car park. The ambient light will cause the mans face to be very dark which creates an enigma and builds suspense.

There will be a low long shot to establish the surroundings. Inside the shot will be the two people opposite each other, the shot will slowly zoom in.

There will be a medium close shot reverse shot on the girl and the males Silhouette.  The shot will slowly zoom into the eyes of the girl until it is an extreme close up and the music is at its peak.

There will then be a low medium shot of the girl running.

Then an over the shoulder shot to help the audience feel the suspense and put the audience in the charecters position.

There will then be a point of view shot from the males point of view watching the girl enter the toilets.

Whilst inside the toilet we will attempt extreme close ups to exaggerate the feeling of claustrophobia, also confined spaces are a common thriller convention.

A point of view shot from the girl attempting to lock the door will refer to the murder scene in ‘Witness’. But also there will be cut shots from the males point of view running towards the toilets.

As the lock slams on the door then there will be a close up of the door as the man beats it. The tension will be at a high and then there will be a close up of the girls hands shaking slowly opening the lock to a point of view shot of the man standing in the door way looking very powerful and threatening.