Stuart Wallace- Key Elements Checklist

• That the story starts with enigma codes, making the audience question the film and the ideologies shown
• The use of length of takes, long takes to grab the attention and shot takes to cause tension
• Will need an introduction to main character, this could be through a non-diegetic narrative or left for the audience to discover

• This piece of text should not contain scenes that are acceptable to younger viewers, this could be realistic gore as well as sexual content.
• The non-diegetic sound matches the mise en scene, and is relevant to the feeling of the introduction
• Will have to use a dolly shot, this is the generic camera movement within certain scenes in thriller
• Lighting will have to be used effectively, this could be having a lack of light to cause enigma codes and to create tension
• May use the theory where a scene is acted but the actually offence is not seen, such as the famous shower scene where the killer stabs the woman, this leaves the action to be imagined by the audience which can be worse than recreating it