1. Nura Abdul-Razak
12Q

2. WHAT IS A THRILLER?
 A thriller is a genre where it has an exciting plot to start off a film or book, which is typically
involving crime , murders and unexpected events, as these are the main elements, which makes
the audience jump at the edge of there seats. Thriller is a very suspense, as this causes tension for
the audience, as this is where it makes the audience to be all jumpy and scared , mostly in thrillers
there is always a protagonist and a antagonist where there is a good side of the film and a bad side
, but within the film or book you would know what roles they have , there are all different types
of thrillers such as political, religious, historical and much more, as all these aspects makes the
audience breathless.

3. WHAT IS A THRILLER?
atmospheric
violence
Mysterious
Unexpected Codes and Conventions
characters
plot twist of a thriller genre
Revealing
Unexpected shots
events
This shows all the codes and conventions of a thriller , without these
codes and conventions the film will not a thriller without these , as the
film doesn’t meet the codes and conventions.

4. Name: The Orphanage
Main Characters: Belén Rueda ,
Fernando Cayo, Roger Príncep
Director: Juan Antonio Bayona
Year: 2007

5. THE ORPHANAGE
This is a close up shot of Simon
in his house talking with his
mother. His expression and what
he says “they’re outside. Listen”
makes us feel sympathy as we
know his mother dose not believe
him however he is certain of
what he hears.

6. THE ORPHANAGE
In this shot is an over shoulder
shot of the social worker,
meeting and greeting the mother
Laura, furthermore this is a shot
reverse shot to suggest they are
having a conversation, this
relates back to the audience for
the audience to understand what
is happening.
The diegetic sound of the rain in this scene
along with the dialogue creates an airy, yet
calm atmosphere.

7. THE ORPHANAGE
This is a full body shot of Laura
walking in her back yard to go to
the shed she heard a noise come
from; her body language and the
way she walks shows she is very
frightened and scared.
She is wearing her
normal/everyday clothes which
suggests she has had no sleep
and was maybe expecting
something to happen.

8. THE ORPHANAGE
This close up shot of Simons drawing . This creates suspense to the
audience as the drawing is of characters he believes to be his friends
however know one can see them. This is the first time where the
audience as well as his mother start to believe maybe he is telling the
truth and can actually see people. The main focus in this picture is of the
third character who has no facial expression as he has what seems to be
a mask over his head. This character (Thomas) plays a big roll in Simons
imagination and at one point in the movie leaves us on our seats as we
see him meet Laura.

9. THE ORPHANAGE
Juan Antonio Bayona uses shot reverse
shot to emphasize how close Thomas is
getting towards the mother this connects
with the audience with how close
Thomas is getting furthermore I can add
that the sounds Thomas makes is very
creepy , to make Laura scared and the
audience to be scared too.

10. THE ORPHANAGE
This is a shot of Laura
screaming as Thomas slams
her fingers in door,
In the background of this shot, it
shows a fire extinguisher which
suggests that they are prepared for
danger.

11. Long shot is used during this screen shot, and
THE background added at the back, this shot of the
ORPHANAGE character is called Simon, as this character is a
protagonist, as his is really the main action of
this film and shot, he is wearing ordinary
clothing but from a long far distance, this shot
looks like a thriller because where it is set, and
because he is all alone and this would make the
audience fell sympathy for him.

12. THE ORPHANAGE
In this shot it is very
descriptive shot with what is
going on, as Laura is in a long
Laura is a very friendly shot and zooms in after of a
character, but here she mid shot of her.
looks like she is going This all connects altogether with
mad, with babies all thriller , as she has turned into a mad
around her, also her person, she is a more antagonist
clothing that she is within this film, as more of her bad
wearing is Victorian side has turned up, and because of
times. her role.

13. THE
ORPHANAGE
Laura is in a close up shot here, as she is knocking on the wall with
using a camera shot of hand held and panning, from Laura’s
perspective, whilst she is doing this there is a dark lighting during this
shot, however the tension is naturally built up, this hooks in with
thriller, as when scenes are naturally built, it gives the audience a
better effect towards them.

14. THE ORPHANAGE
On the other hand Laura is wearing
Victorian times clothing to connect with
thriller with the audiences people in the
Victorian times wear scary clothing, Within this shot it is a close up of
furthermore Simon in this shot is wrapped Simon and Laura, as it shows loads
around with clothing and face not showing of emotions and facial expressions
to not show his identity, as Laura doesn’t towards their face, as the protagonist
want no one to take him or let him run and antagonist come together.
away again.

15. Name: Fatal Attraction
Main Characters:
Michael Douglas, Glenn Close and
Anne Archer
Director: Adrian Lyne
Year: 1987

23. CONCLUSION
Overall I have learnt how effective
thriller is and how many different ways
you can make a film into a thriller and
how much different skills that have been
used , however what I am going to use
in the future is the techniques to make a
thriller, and all the effective ways it is a
thriller, furthermore these shots have
help me to understand what a thriller is,
by the way the special techniques and
codes and conventions used, and spread
out.