Photo 'Words' Activity

CALM

This image portrays an atmosphere of calmness where the hand placed in the left hand side of the image allows the audience to feel sympathy. It also shows a long shot of an urban area with cars and buildings depiciting of a modern city-life. As shown, there is current flow of traffic, this shows that this is a calm setting to those who live in an urban area as they are used to the noise and overcrowding of people on the roads. Calm images can be used in thrillers to contrast the overall tone of the film and lead the audience away from the fast paced images used to create suspense.

PARANOIA

This image could convey a sense of paranoia as there is a speed camera looking ahead. This enables the audience to feel uneasy as the feeling of 'being watched' is portrayed. In return, this sends a thrilling sense towards the audience because it shows the idea of someone being watched allowing the audience to be on 'their side' and engage with them. Paranoia can be portrayed in thrillers to show how a character's feelings towards their surroundings can be manipulated to put the audience through their paces with suspense and tension.

CITY

This image depicts of numerous levels of buildings spreading out into the distance. This is linked to a 'city-like' theme as the image is taken from a high level to emphasise the length of the buildings. In cities, there are lots of tall buildings and long roads often clogged up with traffic, but with this image, the idea of being in the city is evident. This clearly distincts where modern architecture is more in use as opposed to a rural environment. City-like moving images can be used in thrillers to make the victim seem lost in a 'cat and mouse' chase and keeps the audience gripped as they watch it. This increases tension and allows the audience to yearn for the ending.

DEPRESSION

This image immediately links us to the word 'depression' as she is seen to be looking down at herself where her inside realms is unhappy as she places her head down. We are placed in an impression that the girl is isolated from the outside world. This is often used to make the audience sympathise with her and possibly build an interaction with her. The image shown is perceived in a high angle shot to make the girl seem small. This is also addressed to the fact that when she is curled up into a ball, it makes her look vulnerable and innocent. Depression is a topic which is often discussed in psychological thrillers to alert and inform the audience how depression affects a type of character. It builds up tension ideally making the audience to be mentally involved in the plot.