Further audeince research of trailers of the best stalker, thriller movies

We have decided to identify elements of the top stalker, thriller movies that we could incorporate into our own opening.

Fatal attraction (1987)

-The use of dark/bright lighting.

-The use of fast-paced editing.

-The use digetic sound - the phone ringing, the screaming; to build tension.

-The voice over - someone who is not partial from within the film. Narrating the action and building more tension.

Scream (1996)

-A close-up of writing, using thrilling and foreshadowing language. Depicting key themes within the film.

-Point of view shots to build tension and fear.

-Voice over, from an outsider or in relation to our oipening the victims persepctive.

-Ordinary costumes and characters, creating the idea of normal people and making the audience more fearful as they can relate it to themselves.

Se7en (1995)

-The use of sountrack overpowering all digetic sound. Creating tension.

-The use of a stong orchestral soundtrack, with a drum symbolizing change of shots and highlighting important themes/objscts to the film.

-The idea of words symoblizing plots being intertwinted with the opening credit and name of the film.

The fan (1996)

-The use of thriller conventions and themes. Violence - the knife.

-The use of newspaper articles covering the wall. We could use this, withg photos instead.

-Close-up of binoculars.

-The use of a creepy loud digetic laugh.