Zodiac

Zodiac
In class we watched and analysed a clip of the film Zodiac. The film uses various methods to potrat the thriller genre.
Conventions of a Thriller
Starts with tension building up the suspense, waiting for something to happen.
Then shock occurs when they are both brutally shot.
Camera
Shot-reverse shot of the boy and girl engaging in dialogue between one another.
Long shot at the start of the clip.
Editing
The shot/scene edits are quite long in duration, excluding small portions of the clip when the edits increase in speed briefly.
Sound
There is radio music playing throughout the clip.
There is dialogue between the boy and girl when entering and in the car.
Mise-En-Scene
There are guns and blood in the scene which tie in with the Mise en scene.
There is dark lighting throughout the scene which adds to the tension and the suspense leading to the final shock.