creative project diary entry 1

I have been thinking about interesting techniques used within thriller films and one of the most interesting ideas is that thriller films are mostly focused on using as much suspense as possible rather than vast amounts of action. One of the best techniques when concerning this is the use of imaginative filming. The death of a character is always going to be a tricky one to film but some thriller films, as well as other genres to be fair, use the technique of a cut away so that although the audience know clearly what has happened it is not shown on film. This idea could be explained using Disney films as an example, although they are not thrillers they still hold many cinematic golden techniques, when a character dies it is rarely shown on screen but instead the reaction of a another character or the silhouette of the corpse (Tarzan) can be shown. This is not just to distract the children from what really is happening on screen but instead can be seen as an ingenious use of cinema as the audience aren't stupid they know who is going to die and what must be done but because of their prior assumptions on the death of a character, whether they know it or not, they have an idea of what the death might go like. The use of the cut away allows the audience to let their imagination take the control and they can picture any form of ridiculous death face a character might show before kicking the bucket. Also when concerning my creative project I know I will not be using A-list actors and actresses but instead a humble hand full of friends to take on the role of amateur acting, I do not desire to bestow upon them the job of pulling of a heart wrenching and beautiful death so the cut away also ease their minds of pulling off a swell job.