12) Thriller movies in preparation for our final production

From our preliminary not being a successful thriller clip, i've watched some more thriller movies, to see succesful ways different directors use different techniques in building shock and suspense and building up tension, to get some ideas for our own thriller opening.
Seven by David Fincher is a physcological thriller which is about two detectives investigating into a serial killer, from this basic overview we can see the classic thriller characters and plot - crime scene, detectives, protagonist and antagonists.
During the opening David Fincher has used a dark setting with low key lighting which creates a silhouette effect on the characters which instantly signifies mystery for the audience which is significant on the whole narrative because the detectives are trying to unvail the mystery of the serial killer. There are alot of jumpy parts from unexpected phonecalls and when the 'murdered' person grabs the detectives coat, and i found this is effective in keeping the audience engaged with the thriller which is important in a physcological thriller as they need to be aware of whats happening to understand the narrative and for the build up of tension and suspense to be effective.
There is quick cuts of different brutally beaten body parts of a dead body and slight panning however the audience dont get to see the full body which is effective in creating the build up of tension and adds on the build up of shock.
The dark lighting also is very effective with the use of the torches as it is very sinister and mysterious as we can only see what is lit up from the torch lights.
Increase in intense opera music witch cuts into  zooms of objects and cuts back to a zoom in to the face, and the use of the birds eye view shots of the room to set the scene.
There is also alot of non-deigetc tormenting voices in the background to add on the emphasis of the state of mind and also on the audiences anxiety.
The setting is also very dull with rain, which is pathetic fallacy setting the scene for something bad to happen and creating and intense atmoshphere.

Natasha