Past student work ( not TCC)

Unforgiving:

Narrative:
A girl and a boy who look like husband and wife live together, the husband comes home from work and asks for a cup of tea. The girl makes the cup of tea but puts a bottle of medication in the mug, the boy then drinks the tea unaware of the medication. He then dies and the girl writes a suicide note and prepares the scene as if the boy has committed suicide and the girl has arrived home to find him dead.

Camera:

• Overshoulder shot is used to show the husband in the chair watching the TV, we see his view but we also see his shoulder so we know that it is not a POV.
• POV shot is used to show the husband taking his shoes off, this puts the audience in his perspective and we see how normal everything is.
• Close up is used on the medicine bottle at the end as we then see what has been put in the tea to make the husband die.

Sound:

• Non diegetic soundtrack is used to build tension and introduce the film, a soundtrack creates the mood of the film before the action has started.
• Digitally enhanced sound is used when the mugs crash on the work top, by digitally enhancing the sound allows the audience to cringe as the noise is not very pleasant but we also think that the mugs could break as it sounds worse than it is.
• A crescendo is used when the spoon hits the worktop, a crescendo dramatically cuts the soundtrack to silence. This creates a roadblock to the tension that the soundtrack has built and either extinguishes the tension or massively increases it.

Edit:

• Blur/ dissolve is used when the medicine is put in the tea, this is so that the audience are left wondering what has been put in the tea. so it is a bit more of a surprise later when the husband dies.

Mise en scene:

• Costume: white shirt, black trousers, tie and suit jacket - is used by the husband as it is a normal office workers dress but it is also a key costume for thriller genre characters with official purpose like detectives etc.
• Props: the main key props are the mugs, tea and the medicine bottle as they play a large part in the opening.