Both of these shots shown have similar characteristics. Like the movie Marathon Man our thriller focuses on two characters; the protagonist (Sarah) and the antagonist (David). As the Antagonist, David was made to look the opposite of this being; dominant,
sly and like a predator. The amount of time the camera focuses on David is much shorter than the amount of
footage shown of Sarah. Therefore the audience will empathise with Sarah who is seen to be an innocent girl trapped in a house with this mysterious, unnerving character (David). The similarity of the two characters Dr Szell and David is that both are looking at their victim implying they have plans that they wish to implement on our protagonist characters.
As the protagonist Sarah was made to look venerable, innocent and like prey .
This convention
runs throughout a lot of thrillers where the story line follows good vs evil. The room she sits in is full of furniture which fills up a lot of the frame making her look very small to her surroundings. Much like the shot of Dustin Hoffman while he is tied up waiting for Dr Szell this shot makes her look very vulnerable, alone and prey-like.
We tried to portray each of our characters personas from the very start of our thriller opening. Sarah's pink, girly bedroom empahsizes her innocence and niavity. When she arrives at David's house their flirty body language is youthful and easily relateable to our younger target audience. However to an older target audience, who can relate to having a daughter, this makes her look very out of place which creates an un easiness in the audience.
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