Student Thriller Example Analysis

Horror thriller Example: The Yearbook
I choose the Yearbook as another student example that inspires me. Straight away it is obvious that the clip is an opening of a thriller movie. I thought the type of thriller is horror due to the supposedly main characters mental and emotional problems. In addition there were examples of physical pain through out the clip of a person cutting themselves.

The clip illustrates the use of symbolism through the actions of the characters . For example; when the person is viciously scraping a school picture of someone, the audience can understand that the character has hateful and angry feelings toward this person.

The use of the title - the yearbook, is appropriate and gives the audience clues as to the character being a serial killer as he/she scribbles over peoples faces in the book. Implying the person is killing these people for revenge.

Through the use of mise en scene they have created the perfect atmosphere for the storyline.
The props used are related to the genre of horror thriller;
E.g - Blade
- Sharp screw driver
- blood
- famous photos of people being shot
- sharp rustic objects to add to the atmosphere.
The students have used lighting in an effective way to create tension and atmosphere. Keeping the background dark they have used a spotlight to create an eerie glow and create lots of shadows. The black background in some of the shots make the clip more threatening.
There are no locations but due to the lighting the students have created a secret den like surrounding. Where no one can interrupt the killers musing. (His secret place)

The stop motion editing builds the tension as the shots shirt from mid shots to close up shots of blades scraping on skin and eyes shifting. The result creates the audience to feel unsettled and shifty. with the addition of ominous and dramatic background music the overall clip has been created in to a thriller. With the music becoming louder and more dramatic in the climax moments.

Through the use of names actors and directors names written every so often between the scenes we are reminded that the clip is a movie opening. This reminds us that the student is fulfilling their aims in creating a opening sequel. Overall the students seem to fullfill the essense of a thriller movie opening through diffrent media techniques.