Blog Post 25-Head On Activity-influences, thoughts and ideas

                          Influences, thoughts and ideas-thriller

Colours and colour palettes 

-Mainly consisting of dark, dull colours 

-Killer/psycho dressed in dark clothes

-Student dressed in light clothes in order to contrast with the other actor, which will get the audience engaged

Range of shots and shot types

-Establishing shots as they are a common convention in thriller movies such as "Inception"

-Close up, to create tension and mystery, used in "Se7en"

-Long shots

-Tilted angle 

Camera Movement

-POV

-Tracking panning 

-Over the shoulder

-Cross cut

Use of sound

-Slow paced music, creating an eerie atmosphere

-Sound motif

-Foley sound making it seem more realistic and tense

-Synchronous to give the audience a hint of what might happen in the movie

Introducing Characters

-Killer/psycho(obsessed with the student)

-Student(main actress)

-Local people/classmates 

Mise-en-Scene

Killer's bedroom

Student's bedroom

Elevator

The college

Storytelling ideas and plot devices 

-Seeing the main actor's obsession with the student

-Both getting ready to go to college

-Killer cleaning a knife

-Main actors crossing paths

-Both get on the same elevator

-As the elevator doors close, the sequence ends