Planning: Cinematography/Sound/Editing - Miss Begum

Cinematography

- Cinematography is one of the most significant features within a movie. It allows the audience to witness the scenes and creates meaning/connotations towards the audience and reflects them in certain ways.

The cinematography I plan to use in my thriller:

- A mid-long shot will be used in the beginning to introduce the female character walking home alone at night time. I have chosen to use this because it allows the audience to see the character from head to toes and to see her surrounding. This is effective and conventional to thriller because it allows the audience to have a first sight of how the female victim looks like and will also allows them to anticipates that she could be in danger.

- A close up shot will be used when she's texting her boyfriend to show the audience some of their conversation and what she's writing. I have chosen to use this because it will make the audience feel suspicious as they don't know much about the character yet. This is conventional to thriller because it makes the audience to have different connotations right from the beginning of the scene.

- A long shot will be used from the back when the female victim enters her house. I have chosen to use this because it allows the audience to see the female character's house. This is conventional to thriller because a lot of thriller film tends to use house as the location, also it shows that she's out of the danger zone for now and will be safer inside her home.

- A zoom camera movement will be used when the female victim in the shower. I have chosen to use this because it shows the character's silhouette. This is conventional to thriller because it recommends that she's comfortable within her own home and also connotates that she's innocent and physically weak.

- A pan camera movement will be used when the female is asleep showing the time in the scene from the clock that's being placed on her table next to her bed. I have chosen to use this to shows the audience the time in the scene. This is conventional to thriller as this would makes the audience to anticipates something bad to happen based on what they see.

- A reaction shot mixed with a bird eyes view shot will be used to show the female victim wakes up from a nightmare. I have chosen to use this because it shows the audience the female victim's reaction and from bird eyes view, it shows that the female victim is inferior. This is conventional to thriller because this will show the audience the character's reaction and to create a cliff-hanger.
- An extreme close up shot will be used when she's looking at her cup. I have chosen to use this because it shows the antagonist in a sly way as his identity is not yet to be revealed to the audience. This is conventional to thriller because it allows the audience to see the antagonist through the reflection of the glass, this will be effective as it will creates fear and builds up tension. Also this will makes the audience to prepare to see something disturbing.
- A point of view shot will be used when she's slowly moving back away from the antagonist to protect herself. I have chosen to use this because it allows the audience to see the female character's viewpoints. This is conventional to thriller because it shows that she's terrified and vulnerable. This will also helps to builds up tension and creates fear towards the audience.
- A reaction shot again will be used when the scene changes back to her bed room with her eyes opening from a nightmare, mixed with a point of view shot when she's looking around to comfort herself from an uneasy dream, it then reveals the antagonist existence within her sight holding a knife gazing at her. I have chosen to use this because it helps to create a cliff-hanger as what the audience just witnessed was only a dream but then when the female victim awakes again from her nightmare, it transformed to be real. This is conventional to thriller because fear and different connotations is being created and act as a cliff-hanger towards the audience.

Sound

- Sound plays an essential part within a movie production. It help creates different connotations, emotions, interpretations and expectations towards the audience.

The sounds that I plan to use in my thriller:

- Non diegetic sound will be used when the female victim open her eyes from the first nightmare, this will sound like a loud banging noise mixed with the sound of the horn quite loud to make it sound more eerie and surprising. I have chosen to use this to build up the tension slowly and creates fear towards the audience as they will be affected by the sound. This is conventional to the thriller genre because it helps to creates different connotations and creates a start of the horrific scenes that's being lined up.
- Non diegetic will be used when the female victim found out that the antagonist is standing behinds her, this will sound almost like an explosion mixed with keyboard's other sound effects. I have chosen to use this to builds up tension and raises up the level of fear towards the audience. This is conventional to thriller because it will put the audience to the edge of their seats.
- Diegetic sound of heavy breathing is being used when the female victim is slowly moving back from the antagonist. I have chosen to use this to shows that she's vulnerable and is frightened. This is conventional to thriller because it allows the audience to feel sympathy towards the female character as they expect to see something bad.
- Non diegetic sound will be used again when the female victim open her eyes from the second nightmare, this will sound like the first non diegetic sound. I have chosen to use this to reminds the audience that this is only a dream and to creates a cliff-hanger. This is conventional to thriller because it puts the audience to the climax as they will be shocked to finds out that the antagonist happens to appear for real.

Editing

- Editing take the most responsibilities and are the most important part during the process of a movie in the making. It helps to put all the scene together to creates a strong narrative to be delivered to the viewers.

The editing that I plan to use in my thriller:

- Fast editing will be used when the female victim is being attacked by the antagonist. I have chosen to use this to make the scene happens in a faster paced to builds up tension and puts the audience to the edge of their seats. This is conventional to thriller because tension and suspense is being created towards the audience as they are witnessing the female victim who's being brutally attacked.

- Straight cut and shot reverse shot will also be used when the antagonist is attacking the female victim. I have chosen to use this to creates a sensational action within this scene and puts the audience to their climax. This is conventional to thriller because it helps to creates different connotations within the audience to questions themselves about why is the antagonist have chosen to attack the female victim.

- Slow editing will be used when the female victim falls to the floor. I have chosen to use this to make a dramatic fall of the female victim. This is conventional to thriller as the audience will feel sympathy towards the female character after being continuously stabbed by the antagonist.
- Fade to black will be used in the end of the opening to reveal the title of the thriller production. I have chosen to have the title slowly appear from the dark which is conventional to the thriller genre and makes the film look more mysterious which leads the audience wanting to see the rest of the movie to find out for themselves.

 Conclusion:

- I have identified all the cinematography, sounds and editing that I planned to use in my thriller.