Student thriller example "Captive"

In class, we watched previous Long Road students work. we found this eye catching with the uses of close up. We found it added suspense, and left us wanting more. The close up on the photo's left enigmas for the audience of who the people are. This is effective because it doesn't give to much away, and leaves you wanting more. we also like the close up on the candle, which are usually found at churches, which may be foreshadowing death as candles are symbolic of funerals.
The extreme close up of the eye let us know their emotion being fear, of the character and associate them as the victim.
the lighting is very dark, this is effective because people are generally frightened of the dark, as its mysterious and hides things, this fit in well with the genre of thriller.
We however, found the music repetitive and out of place. We found the main music sounded like a beach, which we didn't think fitted into the context of the opening.