Shutter Island (Scorsese, 2010)
The conventions of a thriller film that are present in this clip is firstly the use of a protagonist who is not accustomed to danger or violence ( 'Phonebooth' , 'Memento'). Furthermore it is set in a distant, remote island away from civilization and creates tension through the use of non diegetic sounds (also seen in 'Jurassic Park' ). The clip is very desaturated and washed of colour, reflecting the vacant feelings of the protagonist. The narrative is also conventional of thrillers, Di Caprio's mental issues are touched on when the hallucinations of his wife and child appear in front of the exploding car.
In our project I think it would be very reminiscent of a true thriller film if we were too wash / desaturate the film so that it looked more gloomy and could reflect the mood of the character, we will also try, as much as we can, to make the weather reflect the characters mood and feelings, as seen in this clip the weather is very stormy, reflecting his confused and unstable mind set.
A colour wash would be a very good technique to add to our film, we could darken or add a slight red wash to enhance pir film.
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