Past Student Thrillers

Past Student Thrillers



4 - Excellent
3 - Good
2 - Basic
1 - Poor

This is 'Hunter' a past student thrillers that I thought was very good. It was brilliant because they used many different camera shot. They also used different characters to make the short film look realistic 

rather than using actors that would not suit the role. The costumes are well very well complimented to suit the actors, as they display the characters perfectly. The casting could have chosen a better place to show the setting more appropriately and I don't really think that the setting fits the story correctly. They used their props successfully by showing it from the front making it much more believable. I rated this a 3.

This is 'Power cut' one of the past student thrillers that I thought was very poorly done and very basic. From the setting to the plot it seems as though it has not been thought out properly and only been filmed last minute. The use of the setting was extremely basic and unsuccessful, when it comes to giving it a feel of a working office it wasn't at all believable that it had been set in an office. The use of black and white drained the story line out ad became very boring to watch, there was no reason for it.  However, they had good use of camera work at the start of the film with the panning and transitions.  I rated this a 2.





This is 'The Routine' I thought this was the best out of all three of these short films and it made me the most interested to watch. The use of camera work in The Routine was done perfectly and it really felt like i was watching a professional piece of work. Including a rolling shot and also a point of view shot at the end used to create suspense and an original take on what would of being an ordinary shot of someone walking. The shots taking with a mirror is hard to achieve without showing the camera in it to. Especially the shot with the villain in the mirror gave an element of surprise and shock to the audience. The film and plot was thought about deeply and was  done to the point where it became a psychological thriller and it played with the audiences mind.  I rated this a 4.