Use of Colour

Screenshot showing the character in the yellow
hoodie foreshadowing the death of the victim.

Use of shadows to this scene more
mysterious, it adds to the enigma of the storyline.

Use of saturated colours to make the shot
more vibrant.

Desaturated camera shot at the beach. The black and
white references the US Thriller Psycho. 

In the production of our thriller we decided to effectively use colour for impact. The use of colour is representative of the main character's life. To begin with the scene at the party we saturated the bright colours in shot to make it vibrant and alive. This gave the idea of strobe lighting as well as making the actors stand out (in contrast) to the pitch black background in that scene. This scene with the bright colours is designed to represent the life of the victim which at this time is complete and radiant. We used colour thorough the costumes of our characters. One of the friends in the party scene are wearing a yellow hoodie-style jumper. We used him to portray future events of the main character. This colour connotates happiness, joy and energy (reflective of the protagonist) however this colour also represents caution and warning which foreshadows her untimely demise later on in the scene. 

The variation shot of this is at the beach scene where we adapted the use of black and white shots from the 1960's thriller Psycho. In this film although it is in black and white it relies on other things to suggest elements of the story to the audience. it was from analysing the famous shower scene that we got the inspiration of referencing this great film. For these angles on the beach we desaturated all colours from the picture making it seem incomplete, vacant as this is where the audience will see the victim being dragged along the beach, the use of colour is representative of the victims life, when it flashes between the two narratives the absence of colour shows that she has gone.

The desaturated shots are unconventional as typically they show events in the past, however, with our thriller it in fact represents the present (the morning after the party).

Along with colour (again taking inspiration from Psycho) we decided to use shadows to add tension to the scene. In the shot where the victim is being taken by the villain we use the shadows to show him creeping up on her keeping the identity a mystery which is an enigma which could be followed throughout the whole film.