1. The use of conventions in our
thriller
Massimo Spagnoli

2. TITLES
• In our title sequence we
followed the non official
pre set order in which the
titles have to go. In the top
image we can see the title
of our thriller which goes
along just like the titles in
an other thriller called Argo
which was a great success.
We decided to follow this
order because we wanted
our thriller to look as
realistic as possible and
because we are not experts
in the making of movies we
decided not to challenge
this pre set order that
could make it very a cheap
and low class.

3. COMPOSITION OF THE TITLES
• Just like in Argo we wanted
everything to look as simple
as possible. This would be
done by the usage of simple
texts and simple font which
would make the tiles stand
up as much as possible. In
Shutter Island the colours
used are Red and black
which makes all the titles
stand up. As well as that the
colours the font is very
simple but characteristic for
the movie which can then be
related to. Our font is a bit
blurry to increase the
suspense and the thrill in the
audience.

4. EDITING AND LIGHTING
• We decided to follow the
convention of a slow editing
because generates a lot of
suspense and in the same time
it gives the audience time to
think of the locations and the
story of the thriller.
• As well as the editing we had
to make sure that lighting was
very dark in order create that
extra suspense needed In a
thriller.
• Therefore we made the lighting
very similar to the one used in
shutter island were the shadow
and darkness makes the
audience feel a bit indangered.

5. THE USE OF CLOSE UPS IN OUR TITLE
SEQUENCE.
• In Argo the opening
sequence is full of close
ups as well as in Shutter
Island. This helps to
establish the characters
in the movie to set the
mood and atmosphere
needed for the thriller.
We did the same with
the close up of the
reporter that was then
killed. This helped the
movie to show the social
class of the actors and in
the background it will
also tell you were the
movie is set.

6. THE DETROYING OF A SAFE
ENVIROMENT
• In all of the thrillers that I’ve
been looking at there is
always something related to
the destroying of a safe
place. In shutter island for
the example the safe place
is at the port were the main
characters are surrounded
by a great number of armed
guards which makes this
place look very safe indeed.
• The same we have done
with our thriller which
creates a safe environment
in the car which is then
destroyed when the
reporter is killed in it.
• This means that we have
followed these pre set
conventions which give the
thrillers confidence.

7. SOUND
• For our thriller we wanted to follow the convention of silence in the opening
sequence. Therefore we only put the noise of the characters moving around
and the gunshots to make them stick out and be noticed enhancing the level
of suspense. As well as this constant silence we included a series of editing
sounds which were introduced when something important happened like the
killing of our reporter just like in Argo before the embassy scene starts.

8. MESE IN SCENE AND BINARY
OPPISITES.
• In our thriller we managed
to create a substantial
feeling of binary opposites.
We managed to do this by
the use of Mese En Scene
and a lot by the costumes
and the props. The first way
that we did this was by
using two different sets
which made it very obvious
the gap between the two
social classes found in the
movie. In fact at the start of
the sequence we find
expensive big cars and at
the end we see a car park
full of cheaper smaller cars
illustrating the second set
of social classes.