Makeup + Other inspirations for our thriller

Props? settings? Visual effects?

As we wanted to not only create good shots, but produce good visual images which seemed almost realistic, we practised different makeup looks such as creating Injuries; Making fake blood , bruises and the "Dead" look.

We also wanted to try different surroundings, which we thought would create an edgy and mysterious effect.

Here are some shots we might feature in our thriller production which we took ourselves,

we also created the set arround it , and the makeup.

Wounds seen on the right of the screen were made by :

Applying Black liquid eyeliner to the hair line and eye brow hair, then smudge a metallic red lipgloss to make it a dark red colour this is the base. Then use chunks of a pink lipstick to stick over the base to create a chunky fleshy look on the skin, Then use a bright red face paint and mix it with water to make it less bright. We then used that as the blood running down the face to make it more realistic.

The model of the photo's; A volunteer called Abi

Surroundings:

This photo shows a very run down wall, and slabs of wood, and waste. This gives an edgy look, which we felt fit in with our thriller. we thought it looked almost like a construction site, which we then decided one of the killings would take place.

Also for our Blog we looked at Movies like The butterfly effect, Pulp Fiction and Citizen Kane which are all examples of films that start from the ending. this gives are thriller a more suspenseful and mystery feel to it, but still maintains it dark and gritty feel like Seven which we watched a number of times to catch that sociopathical look the director was going for.

We used a variety of cuts such as the quick cut to give a sense of speed to our opening sequence.We also used the shaky cam effect to give our thriller a more realistic feel. plus we used a variety of shots such at the first person view, High angle, Low angle which are all conventions of a thriller.

For our music we looked alot of music from thrillers like the bourne ultimatum where they used fast edgy music to keep up with the fast paced action, but we also looked the music for seven which was slow and gritty which made the thriller more dark d suspenseful.