Research On Narrative Style

Subjective Treatment is when the viewer is treated as a participant. This can be used by hand-held shots, zooming or just by moving the camera. I will be using this to get the viewers involved and to feel bigger emotions by using hand-held shots.

Objective Treatment is when you treat the audience as an observer. This can be done by keeping the camera still and by using shots from weird places. I will also be using this while the person is running to give a feel of you are watching it happen, i am hoping a mix between the two will help to create disorientation.

Parallel Development/Parallel Editing/Cross Cutting is when the the camera shifts back and forth between one scene and another. Two distinct but related events are happening at the same time. I am only going to be using one location for my opening sequence so wont need to use this.

Invisible Editing is where the cuts are not blocking what is going on in the scene. It makes it more real and like it doesn't take any effort (when it probably takes more). It is almost like it is recording instead of trying to how a story. It is used by matched cuts, motivated cuts, long takes, sound bridges parallel development and changes of the shot through camera moment, They happen so much it is like you don't even notice them. I will try and do this in my production but it will be hard. But if i succeed it will give it more of a big film feel as most Hollywood films use this.

Mise-En-Scene is everything in a shot and makes it more realistic. If it is a a historic film they should be wearing clothes and using stuff from that time period. I am going to think about this a lot to make sure the shots are filled with the right sort of scenery for my thriller genre.

Montage/Montage Editing is cutting up a film in to screened sequences. This will be effective in my film by adding disorientation but i think it may be too quick and confuse people.

Talk To Camera is when you see the character talking to the camera, It can establish there authority. In a film it breaks out of convention but can be used effectively. In one of my plans i thought to use this but overall think that talking to the camera is not necessary as there is no dialogue in my opening sequence.

Tone is the mood or atmosphere of a programme for example ironic, comic, romantic etc... I want to give a tone of suspense and create a uneasiness in my thriller.