Planning: Micro-elements

Micro-elements are key to plan to help us decide on what we want to create and how to create responses from the audience.

 

Cinematography:

A close up will show the female’s facial expression of fear. This to emphasise the upset and pain she is feeling. She will show tears and looking unstable. This will help give the audience and understanding that she is vulnerable and they will feel sorry for her. This is conventional to a thriller as close ups are almost always used for emphasis to emotion to the audience.

A high angle will be used when the female victim is trying to escape the mental home. We have chosen to use this high angle to show the character as inferior and vulnerable. This is conventional to a thriller because it shows vulnerability in victim which is usually what is shown in thrillers and this will help make the audience feel sorry for her that she in such a bad state.

A Long shot will be used at the end when the female victim has escaped the mental home and is wondering around in the streets on her own. We have chosen to use this because it's a shot where we can see all the busy cars and surroundings making her appear quite small and lost. This is to emphasise her poor situation.

A zoom in will be used when the camera will go into her face at a fast speed when she looks quite demented. It zooms  into see her face as we want her to look like she is really affected by her situation. This dramatic movement will scare the audience and make them feel nervous.  

 

Editing:

A Fade to black will be used when we show our credits. This will happen as we also introduce our main characters as we found this was conventional in thriller films. This will immediately create fear from our audience which is what we want and black is a conventional colour to thriller films.

A Fade to white or a flash to white will be used when the female character has a flashback when she is with her baby. This will be used to show that it is a flashback and make the audience be more aware of what is going on in our story.

Jump cuts will be used when the female character is first introduced. This is because we want to show different parts of her body to create mystery and fear around her.  

 

Sound:

Non-diegetic sound will be used when we show our credits and our different characters. It will sound slow, mysterious and cold. This is because we want it to create an uneasy feeling from our audience.

Voice-over narration: This will be used when we hear a man over the images of the girl revealing what has happened to this girl and her baby. This is to help the audience make sense of what is going on in the narrative.  

 

This planning of micro has been beneficial as it is helping us see what our production will look like.