Thriller Still

Camera:

• The shot is an extreme/a big close up to show the emotion (fear) on the characters face and so the audience doesn't know who they are connoting an air of mystery around the character.
• The still is at eye level and at a straight angle. This makes the character stand out even more because everything (e.g. the door, the window frame) is in straight lines apart from them, signifying that they shouldn't be there.
• I think a single, artificial light is used here to create shadows and create a creepy effect. This is helped by the fact that you tell that this was shot during the night.
• Shot set at a slant in the direction that the eyes are looking therefore putting more emphasis on them.
• The door is more in focus than the character adding to the feeling of entrapment and possibly signifying that the door is more powerful than the prisoner.

Mise-en-scene

• Set in black and white signifying the time period or around 1950s.
• The character is looking out a peep hole which is a frame within a frame.
• The window in the background- shows it's dark outside and the bars represent entrapment.
• The light on the characters face creates a creepy effect along with the shadows and shows off the whites of the characters eyes (which is a signifier for fear)
• The lack of decor and the neutral surroundings of the shot make sure the audiences full attention is on the character.
• The shadows on the characters face make them look almost inhuman.
• The character is looking into the distance to the left of the shot signifying that there is something there which is unknown to the audience and encourages excitement and anticipation and makes the audience predict what might be there.
• The dirt on the door and the shabbiness of the place connotes the idea that the character is trapped in a derelict building which is uninhabited and isolated.

People

• You can only see the characters eyes which focuses all the audiences attention on the expression in their eyes which is fear.
• The characters look off screen signifies to the audience that there's something there.
• No other part of the face is shown on the screen meaning that the feeling in the characters eyes is enough to express the mood.
• You can not be completely sure of the characters gender. However, the character possesses the features of a man e.g. strong bone structure and shot hair, and the lack of make up suggests that the victim is not a woman.