Saturday, 27 October 2007

Here is just a little play around with some conventional thriller iconography:



  • black shirt -connotation of evil and mysteriousness
  • white overalls - signifies a clever villain as evidence can be easily thrown away
  • blood smears- suggests he has just killed someone or something.
  • bat- this weapon signifies he has violently injured someone or something. A very hands on approach, connoting he is psychotic or wants painful revenge for something
  • direct address- causes the audience to feel the victim and they feel very much involved
  • night time- implies he is being secretive and doesnt want to be seen. Also the element of surprise(although you cant miss him wearing that outfit!! haha.) Dark reflects his character, and signifies evil
  • lack of background- the audience cannot see exactly where he is which adds suspense
  • mask-connotation that he is trying to hide and doesnt want to reveal his identitf to teh audience-all the more freightening!!

Photo 1, due to the high angle and distancing (LS), is almost as if the audience are onlookers but are now more involved as we have caught his attention. It signifies that we should not have been watching his actions.

Photo 2 is a mid close up and at eye level. This makes the audience much more involved in the action.

Photo 3 is almost a mid long shot of a slightly high angle but as we can see he is walking towards us with a bat, it seems he is the more dominant in the photo. The shot implies that now we have alerted him he needs to kill us also.

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