I found it difficult to find a teen thriller clip so I decided to use a crime thriller movie clip instead, to talk about the effective use fo film language.
The use of low key lighting on the mans face creates a mysterious sense for the audience as his features look abstract. a typical generic convention of the thriller genre. This lighting also blacks out the background causing the audience to question where he is, an enigma from an opening sequence used to keep the audience hooked.
There is no music or any sound (diegetic or non diegetic) other than the man talking. The background silence is typical of a thriller, as all is silent before something happens. The man seems to be telling a story and it helps the audience to listen to him and understand what he is saying. This also creates an enigma because the audience are not sure exactly what he's talking about.
As the shot slowly zooms out, it reveals another character, closer to the camera and in silouette. This creates a mysterious sense again as the character is enigmatic because the audience cannot see him properly. This is a typical convention of the thriller genre.
Even though this is a slightly different kind of thriller film to ours, it definitely uses the rules of an opening sequence, such as enigmas and characterisation and genre. These are the rules that our film will follow in order to keep our audience watching. This clip also uses typical generic conventions of the thriller genre, ones in which we will also be using in our film, such as low key lighting.
Hannah
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