Previous thriller projects

Just watched a series of previous Latymer thriller projects from 2005 and 2006 and one i singled out as i think it is particularly good is 2006 group 6's thriller 'exposure'



What i liked particularly was the way idea was infact very simple and somethnig we are all familiar with in the world of film: someone packing their bags and trying to run away form someone, something or a situation. As the clip focuses solely on this character we see him as the protagonist and sympathise with him to a certain extent as he is clearly running away form something. This clip uses a paradigm effect so that as the audience does not know about the situation, we sympathise with the guy but when we see the stalker-esque photos we no longer sympathise with him and think he is probably tyring to run away form the law. His camera that he packed earlier is no longer a camera but an object of his crime. I really like this idea for a thriller, how you can have a very simple situation but with one piece of information switch the audiences point of view completely.

I also liked the change of pace at 1:22, there are a series of very short shots showing his eagerness to leave the house but then the camera remains on his hand on the door as he hesitates (i feel this group were very good at portraying the characters emotions and feelings and showing them to us. The is closely followed by a very slow low level track into the photo room. The slow throbbing music and the camera circling the man as he turned in circles himself was very successful in showing his emotions.

The continuity editing was also seamless, when doors were opened, in the next shot they would be slightly further open and when the tap was running, as the shot changed there was no difference in sound and in the scene with the mirror films continued to fall in a similar way and he was still in the same place as before when it cut back to the same shot.