Editing techniques

Cutting	Process where one shot is replaced on screen immediately by the next
Shot reverse shot	Cutting back and forth between people in a conversation
Eye line match	Cutting to show what a character is looking at
Camera time	When the camera focuses on a particular camera for a length of time to demonstrate emotion or seriousness
Match on action	Cutting to show another angle of the scene
Jump cut	Cutting out the middle section of a shot
Cross cutting	Cutting back and forth between two or more scenes happening simultaneously
Dissolve	One shot fades out as the next shot fades in
Fade out/Fade in	Image fades out to a blank screen, or fades in from a blank screen
Slow motion	What it says
Long take	A single continuous shot that does not cut for an unusual length of time
Fast paced/Slow paced editing	Editing is fast paced

Mise-en-scene

Mise-en-scene

    Clothes / costume

     Lighting 

     Actors

     Makeup/ hair

     Props

     Setting

Risk Assessment

Low risk	Medium risk	High risk	Solution
Equipment being stolen that we would use to film.	Tripping over wires and injuring ourselves.	Damage to equipment in bedroom.	Keep equipment safe, put yellow tape around wires to warn actors that they are there,
Someone not being able to be there.	All scenes get deleted once we have finished filming.	Choking on pizza and causing a danger to ourselves.	Ensure that we take care when completing all these shots.
Equipment not working.		Getting food poisoning in real life.	Make sure that the food we get is from a professional place.

Analysis of how our actors fit into the thriller sub-genre with examples

Analyse how your actor fits into the thriller sub-genre and give examples of how he will appeal to your target audience. Explain how they are similar to actor/ess in other thriller films.


The actors that will take part in our thriller film will be a group of girls and a male. Gender stereotypes will be used as the young group of girls will be the innocent characters and the male who takes out act of violence will be the evil character, which is a common use of gender in other films of the same genre. For example, the actor who plays evil in ‘Scream’ is male, which shows the effect that it has on films.

Analysis of how our props fit into the thriller sub-genre and examples

Analyse how your props fit into the thriller sub-genre



The props that will be used in our thriller film will include knives, poison and other dangerous things which would commonly been seen within films of the same genre. Our thriller film will be based in a scary, low-lit place, which is also a regular theme, which is seen in the thriller genre. The location that our opening sequence will be in will be a lab/kitchen and a house. These are seen in thriller films quite often, which will enhance our film, as the setting will be realistic. Other props that we will use will be fake blood and foaming capsules to make the dying scene see more realistic.

Camera techniques

Wide shot- shot where the subject takes up the majority of the frame also shows subjects surroundings

Mid shot- shot taken from a medium distance

Medium close up- shot that shows the face and shoulders. It is halfway between a mid shot and a close up

Tracking shot- used to follow a subject

Over the shoulder shot- behind the shoulder of the person looking at the subject this indicates an individuals position

Tilt- Vertical camera movement when the camera points up or down from a still position gives the character more power

Pan- Swivelling camera movement done by moving the camera from left to right usually on a tripod in a fixed location

Point of view shot- shows a view from the subject’s perspective

Close up- certain part or feature takes up most of the scene shows detail and face expression