The document summarizes a student film project aimed at creating suspense and tension through the use of camera techniques and props. Shaky and blurred camera shots along with close-ups were used to build tension, inspired by the film "Se7en." Eerie music was chosen to accompany the scenes. The main actor wore a suit and plastic bag over the head to remain anonymous. Props like knives and hammers were included to imply potential death or murder. Based on its similarities to existing thriller films like "Se7en" but smaller production scale, the students believe their film is more likely to be considered a cult film shown on specialty channels initially before potentially partnering with larger companies.

1. By Nicky, Meg, Charlie and Arran.

2.  We wanted to build the tension and keep the
audience engaged by not giving away the whole
plot and just giving a snippet of might happen in
the rest of the film. Through the camera shots we
effectively built suspense by using blurred and
shaky shots. From watching ‘se7en’ multiple
times we decided that it effectively created
tension so we tried to recreate a similar opening
with our thriller by using handwriting like font,
professional phrases and a series of close ups as
our main shots as we thought that would be
appropriate.

3.  Music: We found our piece of music from YouTube. We felt it
was appropriate because it had an eerie sound to it and the
sound conveniently got faster as the action got more
intense. We chose music instead of dialogue because it we
felt it would have been difficult to find a convincing actor to
speak.
Costume: We dressed our main actor in a suit and put a
plastic black bag over his head so the identity was unknown.
We felt this would be a more effective way of building tension
because it lets the audience imagine the face for themselves.
Props: We included many harmful utensils such as knives,
hammers and other tools. We chose these because they make
the audience think of death or that maybe someone will be
killed. We also used a mirror to create a reflection of the
weapons, to make it look like the person behind the camera is
in a confused state of mind, suggesting they are the murderer.

4.  CULT FILM:A cult film (also known as a cult
movie/picture or a cult classic) is a film that
has acquired a highly devoted but specific
group of fans... For example..
 POPULAR FILM:A popular film is a film with a
wide range audience owned by a big famous
company such as universal. For
 example…

5.  We feel that out film is a small production
because it is similar to existing thrillers ; for
example as we have mentioned before…
‘se7ven’. Therefore I think our film is more
likely to be a cult film, maybe on a channel
like film4 because there is already similar
products shown that are popular. Also, we are
only beginners so we would have to start at
the bottom and work out way up to bigger
companies such as paramount.