We started by watching a clip from 'Psycho' which is directed by Alfred Hitcock. It was made in the 1960s but it was actually Hitchcocks most famous thrillers. The scene we analysed was when a woman was taking a shower and a man comes in the bathroom and stabs her. We analysed parts such as the Camera angles, mise-en-scene, music and how it all creates tension and atmosphere. We realised that because it was made in 1960, the technology wasn't so good but it helped us compare to what type of thrillers we have present.
'The birds' was another thriller that we watched and it was another one of Hitchcocks famous thrillers. It was about a small village in which had vicious birds that started attacking people. Hitchcock incorporated a CGI (Computer Generated Imagery) into the film, to make the flock of birds comuter generated.
After looking at the old thrillers, we looked at David fincher's 'Panic room' which is more modern then the old hitchcock films that was done around the 60's. It was set in New york city around the year 2002, so the location has not changed much since then. It was about a woman and her teenage daughter who were imprisoned within a panic room with criminals breaking in their house. It was interesting comparing how updated technology and class has changed and how much difference it makes in tension and how a thriller should be. Although the technology was not up to date in Hitchcocks thrillers, it still created atmosphere. After looking at proffesional thriller films we started by looking at opening thrillers created by students our age, and surprisingly they are very well done and looked proffesional. It gave inspiration to all of us and also ideas of how we can set up our main task and preliminary.
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