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Blog 3 - Genre study

this week we researched about some thrillers to get ideas on how we would be able to shoot and edit our film. one of the biggest ones we looked at was Gone Girl. that movie is good when it came to suspense, they would have you constantly guessing what’s true or not while watching. the way it makes everything feel tense even when nothing’s happening. we want that same energy in Karma High, where the silence in the scenes says more than words to the viewers .


we also looked at Promising Young Woman, which is another get revenge kind of story but told in a emotional way. it’s colorful on the outside but very dark underneath, and we thought that was good  because that’s kind of how school is, everyone smiling and acting normal when there are  real problems or issues going on inside.


also watched movies that uses music and camera movement to make scenes uncomfortable without needing blood or violence. learning that with thrillers, the best scenes are the ones where you don’t know what’s about to happen but you feel like something’s is about to happen.


all that research made us realize we can do a lot with just sound and editing. we don’t to showcase actual violence just a good story and background, some silence, and tension.

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