The following shot relates to a mystery thriller film called ‘The Third Man (1949)’. In the end scene, a women called Anna Schmidt walks aways from a vanishing point and towards the camera. The thriller genre in particular represents the way in which this film is projected to the audience - normally, in thriller films, when there is a vanishing point involved, a character is walking towards it, however in ‘The Third Man’, it’s an opposite effect. I think this represents the mystery thriller genre as the women is walking away from the vanishing point which creates a sense of mystery - where was she coming from? What was she doing? Where is she walking towards now?
The following shots show the pictures i’ve taken in comparison to the ending scene of ‘The Third Man’ - this location has been thought through and we will probably use it in our final thriller concept:
This shot is the picture I took of the established location of our thriller film.
This shot is from the final scene of 'The Third Man (1949)' where the character is walking away from the vanishing point, rather than in traditional thrillers, towards it.
Below is the final scene of 'The Third Man':
I'm very pleased with your planning thus far because you have worked hard on sorting out locations, characters, props etc. Also your references to films that have inspired your ideas illustrates your engagement with improving your camera skills and ability to learn from auteur director' iconic film moments.
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