SECTION TWELVE : ANALYSIS OF COMPLETED THRILLER

In our completed Thriller we used different effects on the programme premiere pro. The main effect used was one entitled "ghosting''. This cause the images to double and blur. Not only did this effect highlight the fact that the scene was a dream and made things look unreal, it also created the eerie atmosphere we wanted to cause for our audience. We feel the effect epitimised the feedback we recieved from our audience. The character of the witch is dressed entirely in black this is the steroetypical 'baddy' colour as black has clear connotations of evil and death. Lucy is the stereotypical damsel in distress with long flowy hair and a fresh innocent face. These characters are shown mainly through costume. The setting of Lucys dream (the forest) is surrounded by dead leave and broken branches. This anchors the strong theme of death and danger within this thriller. During Lucys 'dreaming scenes' the camera is on a canted angle to represent Lucys frame of mind - disorientated. At the start of the film the title 'Necromancy' is shown in vivid white with a dark blue shadowing and black background. This not only gives a 'thriller-ish' look to the opening sequence but also represents the ideology of innocence the white writing) being surrounded by evil (dark colours surrounding the writing). The soundeffects throughout the thriller create tension. Various sounds can be heard such as ghostly breathing, and screams. Also, the soundtrack has a sort of 'pulse' beat, this represents a heartbeat which has connotations of life/death situations. Some audience members may also pick up on the connotation of the heartbeat being Lucys - beating faster as she feels more scared in the forest. We fade to black at the end of the opening but keep the scream playing through this. This was to create a sense of shock and worry within the audience as they want to know why the visual of Lucy has dissapeared but the scream remains - the fear of the unknown is used in this sense.