Analysis of Past Students' Work

Looking at other students' work can be very beneficial when planning our own thriller. As well as getting ideas, it is interesting to see the techniques that looked effective and gripped the audience and those that did not.

Aspects that are important when making a good 'mini' thriller are that you have to grip the audience quickly. As the film will only last around two minutes, it is important to have enough information to show the audience the basic plot of the film but not give too much away or overload it. This could leave the audience feeling like the film is too complex and they will not be satisfied. In the case of some students' work we watched, they struck this balance perfectly by keeping us interested with enough content. Unfortunately, some people had either too little or too much.