section 9 production schedule

Production Sheet

Film Title: Mailman

Directors: Matthew Bailey, Nathan Thomas, Chloe Roper

Producer: As Above

Client: Media Project

Date Production Started:
5/11/08

Story Board Started:
20/11/08

Shooting Started:
7/12/08

Location equipment required
Camera

Crewing Requirements
Camera Crew: Matthew Bailey, Nathan Thomas

section 8 production material

“Mailman” Storyboard

Shot List

Shot 1: Long shot in park of man walking towards the camera:

Shot 2: Same shot as previous but from a different angle in which it looks like someone is watching the man.

Shot 3: Same shot as previous but again from a different angle this way in editing we can swap and change between different shots to make it look like he is being watched from all angles.

Shot 4: Low angle shot from bushes as the man looks to where he hears a noise from.

Shot 5: Mid Shot, which is not positioned on a tripod as it is used as if somebody is following the man.

Shot 6: Panning shot establishing where the man is walking, it then zooms in as he walks past and approaches the house.

Shot 7: Long Shot of the man walking to the door.

Shot 8: The camera then zooms in to show a full body shot of the man.

Shot 9: Close up of the letters that the man is opening.

Shot 10: Close up of the man's face in reaction to opening the final letter.

Shot 11: Long shot from over the man's shoulder as he looks behind him.

Shot 12: As the man walks off the camera is postioned behind him and in front to compile series of effective shots.

Shot 13: The man is then seen walking off back into the woods in along shot from the bushes. Which finishes the opening sequence.

section 7 recce and location sheets

Location Sheet 1
Room of Postman’s flat

The room is quite small so we will make sure that people who do not have to be in there whilst filming is taking place aren’t in there. Also we will make sure that there are no lose cables on the floor where people could trip over them.
The location of the film is
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section 6 character outlines and script

SCRIPT

“MAILMAN”
Script

Scene 1
Letter Scene

INT: Dark Room

*Opens with view of table where a piece of paper is placed on it by somebody’s hands. They then begin to stick letters on it from newspapers until it eventually spells out a message. The person then carefully folds the paper and places it in an envelope. They then bring the envelope to their mouth where they lick it to seal it. The letter is then dropped on a table revealing who it is to be sent to.

Scene 2
Street Scene

EXT: Street

Enter ALAN BAILEY

Alan Bailey: Whistle (postman tune)

Alan Bailey the mailman is walking down a street on his rounds posting letters. As he reaches the doors of people’s houses he takes out their letters and then proceeds to open them and read their mail.

Alan Bailey: Short Laugh (as he sees the size of the bill on somebody’s mail)

Scene 3
Door Scene

EXT: Porch of house

Alan Bailey stands under a porch of somebody’s house. He then begins to open the person’s mail.


Alan Bailey: Bill, bill, bill (short pause) now then, what’s this. No address hey? How has this letter got so far?

Alan then proceeds to open the letter that simply has a name written on the front, the name is “OLIVIA JOHNSON”. He begins to read the letter and a shocked expression appears on his face.

Alan Bailey: Now this is interesting, makes a change from vet bills anyway.

Alan goes to push the letter through the letter box when he stops. He quickly turns round, places the letter in his pocket and continues on his round.

Scene 4
Mailman’s flat scene

INT: Alan’s flat

Alan is slouched in a chair in his flat. He stares vacantly out of the window, then turns to look at the letter. He picks up the letter, very carefully as if it has something valuable in it he then removes the letter revealing for the first time to the audience what the letter says.
There is then a number of close up’s on Alan face, where a voice over says his thoughts.

Alan Bailey (Voiceover): I don’t particularly wanna’ get involved in this, but this is about the highlight of my life, being a mailman n’ all. Maybe I should tell the boss. Actually that wouldn’t be smart coz then he’ll get wise to me opening people’s mail.
Look Alan, it’s none of your business you shouldn’t have brought the letter in the first place you idiot. When it goes dark I’m take it back post it through and forget this ever happened.

Scene 5
Woman’s house scene

EXT: Outside woman’s house.


Alan is seen stood outside the woman’s house. Staring up at a window where the light is on. Two people can be visibly seen talking. He edges towards the door and is once again about to put the letter through the letter box when he hears a violent scream coming from above. He then hears shouting from what from appears to be a male. The shouting continues. Alan barges his way into the house when he is knocked over by a man in a mask


ENTER MR. A. NONYMOUS

Mr. A. Nonymous: GET OUT OF MY WAY!

ENTER OLIVIA JOHNSON

Olivia Johnson: NO STOP HIM!

Alan makes a last ditch attempt to stop this man but doesn’t succeed. Olivia and Alan are then both left shell-shocked as they stare out of the open door.

Scene 6
Woman’s house scene 2

INT: Inside woman’s house.

Open’s with Olivia and Alan talking, stood up inside Olivia’s front room.
Alan Bailey: Look I don’t mean to intrude but, who the hell was that guy!

Alan Bailey: I might be able to help, go on, it can’t do any harm.

Olivia Johnson: I honestly don’t know, he said he wanted something and that I new
what it was he wanted. He mentioned something about a letter. But
I haven’t received anything.
What were you doing here anyway?

Alan Bailey: I just happened to be passing and heard all that commotion

Olivia Johnson: Who’s the letter for then?

Alan Bailey: Hey! That’s none of your business!

Olivia Johnson: Give it here!

It’s for me. Why have you got…have you got something to do with
that guy because if you have get out!

Alan Bailey: No, No I’ve got nothing to do with that guy; I’m on your side. Look, I
may as well come clean, I’m a mailman and I was posting your letter
this morning and, well, I opened your letter.

Olivia Johnson: YOU OPENED MY LETTER!
There must be some kind of law against that!

Alan Bailey: Look, that doesn’t matter now, the point is I was bringing it back.

Olivia Johnson: You could have got me killed!
He mentioned something about a letter, but funnily enough I was
Totally oblivious.
What did it say then, go on give it here.

Alan Bailey: Are you sure

Olivia Johnson: Give it here!

Alan Hands Olivia the letter.

Olivia rips open the letter and unfolds the paper inside, she begins to read it.

Olivia Johnson: My god.
How could you keep this from me, I could have gone to the police
and stopped him coming round!

Alan Bailey: Oh yeah, I’m sure the Police would have been able to trace this guy in
24 hours just based on a scrawny little letter.

Olivia Johnson: Do patronise me, you’re the one who got me into this mess.
You no what, I don’t even know why I’m letting you in my house.
GET OUT!
JUST GET OUT!

Alan Bailey: Calm down for a minute, I can help you

Olivia Johnson: I said get out of my sight!

Alan is about to protest then decides against and quickly goes out of the room.

EXIT ALAN BAILEY

Scene 7
Threatening Letter scene

INT: Postman’s flat

Alan is in his flat and eating breakfast. He is interrupted by the sounds of the mail being pushed through is door. He puts his cereal down and goes over to check the mail.

Alan Bailey: My god there’s so much rubbish in the post these days, I don’t even
Know why I bother.

Alan is about to put the mail down when he spots a familiar looking envelope simply addressed to “Alan Bailey”.
He begins to get nervous as he realises what the letter could be.
He carefully opens the letter to reveal a small piece of paper spelling out a simple message saying

Alan,
My work is very important to me,
I take great pride in it,
See you soon,
I’ll be watching,

Yours,

Mr.A.Nonymous


Character outlines

Characterisation:

Name: Allan Bailey

Age: 36

Sex: Male

Clothes / Props: Post bag, Blue shirt jacket and pantsCharacter outline: Allan has an obsession with looking in people's mail before posting it while on his rounds. He lives on his own in a scruffy flat.

Character 2

Name: Olivier Johnson

Age: 29

Sex: Female

Cloths / props : Casual cloths (Jeans shirt etc). Knife (to protect herself against the villain).

Character outline: Olivier is the secretary for the financial director of a world wide business.

Character 3

Name: Mr A . Nonymous

Age: Unknown (Possible late 30s to 40s)

Sex: Male

Cloths / props : Black leather gloves , white featureless mask , all black clothes. Knife that he takes from Olivia.

Character 4

Name: Detective Jack Miller

Age: 43

Cloths / props: Normal cloths (suit) due to his rank. Gun (he’s never used it)Character outline: He is a "by the book" detective who is respected in the local community and enjoys his job.

section 4 Audience Research

Questionnaire

Media Questionnaire

1. How old are you?

2. What was the last film you saw at the cinema?
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3. Do you Regularly see this genre? Yes No

4. Do you like thrillers? Yes No


5. What is your definition of a thriller?

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6. Do you prefer thriller or horrors?

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7. In a thriller film do you find that they are better if the age restrictions are higher? Please state why

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8. Do you believe violence and gore in a thriller is necessary? Please state reason

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9. Would you go see a thriller that has no violence at all and is more focused on an independent story? Yes No

10. Do you believe thrillers all follow a similar pattern? Yes No


11. Do you think a thriller that focuses on a problem to be solved is more effective as one with violence and gore? If so state why

Questionnaire Results :)

after making the questionnaire we sent it out to 30 people between the ages of 16 and 46 and by analyzing these results we worked out the majority that took the questionnaire were aged between 16-18 years old, this shows that the quiz is of a young persons perspective.
from the results we also noticed that roughly 60% selected 'yes' as there answer to ' do you like thrillers' and also stated what a thriller was, the majority described a thriller as a film with puzzles, suspense and scary, by these explanations we can clearly note that they know what a thriller contains.
60% of the people also said they preferred thrillers to a horror and 65% said they believe thrillers are better with the age restriction higher as it has the ability to show things they cant in a lower age restriction.
50% said that they feel violence and gore is necessary in a thriller but also 50% said they would go see a thriller even if it didn't have violence in it. following on from this we also asked if they believe that a thriller follows a similar pattern in each film and nearly 75% said they thought it did and also agreed that a thriller that focuses on a problem to be solved is more effective than one with violence and gore.

section 5 treatment

Treatment
Locations :
1. Street
2. Woman’s House
3.Postman’s flat
Scene order :
1. Letter scene – Dark surroundings with torch light on the letter
2. Street scene – Panning shot where the postman opening letters.
3. Door scene – Close up shot of Postman opening what turns out to be the threatening letter.
4. Postman’s flat scene – This is where the postman mulls over what to do with the letter he has found.
5. Woman’s house scene – The postman is about to return the letter when he hears screaming from inside the house. The man barges his way in when another man in a black mask barges his way out
.6. Woman’s House scene 2 – Postman attempts to comfort the woman who is in hysterics, he then leaves to return to his flat
7. Threatening letter scene – Two days after the incident with the woman he receives a threatening letter of his own.

Synopsis

The opening of our film will be focused on:

A corrupt postman who reads people’s letters before posting them, one day he discovers a threatening letter.

He is then in a dilemma of whether to post it, take it to the police or keep it.

He takes the letter home and decides that it his none of his business and returns to take the letter back.

When he hears the screaming he decides to break down the door to help whoever his inside.

When he gets in a man in a mask sees him and makes a run for it.

The Postman comforts the woman who is in a state and she tells him that the man wants something from her however she will not tell him what.

The man goes home to mull over the situation, 2 days later he receives a threatening letter himself. He is now embroiled in the situation himself and this is where the opening scene ends.

Character’s in the opening scene
Postman
Girl
Villain
The film we aimed at young teenagers and the certificate will be either a 12 or a 15

Locations :1. Street

2. Woman’s House

Postman’s flat

Scene order :

1. Letter scene – Dark surroundings with torch light on the letter

2. Street scene – Panning shot where the postman opening letters.

3. Door scene – Close up shot of Postman opening what turns out to be the threatening letter.

4. Postman’s flat scene – This is where the postman mulls over what to do with the letter he has found.

5. Woman’s house scene – The postman is about to return the letter when he hears screaming from inside the house. The man barges his way in when another man in a black mask barges his way out

.6. Woman’s House scene 2 – Postman attempts to comfort the woman who is in hysterics, he then leaves to return to his flat

7. Threatening letter scene – Two days after the incident with the woman he receives a threatening letter of his own.

section 2 research into examples of comparable media products

Notes on Seven
Narrative Structure:
in seven the narrative structure was set out on a day to day theme, for example when a murder had taken place, somewhere in the room there was a note left on the floor or a wall saying 'greed, lust, envy' and so on. not only were there seven deadly sins but all took place in a seven day period 'linear'. the film also used many narrative themes such as 'religious-classic literature based killings' using the seven deadly sins, this theme could also be separated into apathy, with somerset saying he didn't care about the people or the job on the other hand in the bad city life, Mills is the one who cares about the citizens and the job and wants to make a change.
Cinematography:
in seven the cinematography was mostly based on the different camera angles, for example the ariel angle shots to look down from above almost like the audience were in a helicopter above the scene, and the wobbly POV suggested realism as though the audience were the ones running through the streets chasing the killer as though they were involved with the action. The low shot angles were used to show power and dominence in crime scenes when Somerset and Mills were looking down on John Doe. Another useful angle the camera man used was when Mills and Somerset were sat on a couch and the camera was placed as though the audience was the 3rd person sat along side the detectives.
Mise-en-scene:
mise-en-scene is basically whats on scene, the mains props used in seven were the basic props you would expect to be in a thriller film. for example old books can be used to sum up what a characters like by the way each character uses them and the type of book they have. The books mills had were little hand books to cut straight to the point so he didnt have to read much where as Somerset used big thick books with plenty of detail in and Doe used his own books that he'd wroite out all of his notes in. A gun can also be the main prop to divide the characters, where we have Somerset who has never fired his gun but has pulled it out once in his career as a detective, but on the other hand Mills has pulled his gun many times and fired it once, this also suggests how the characters are signified as there individual person.Another prop we see in seven a lot was Somersets switch blade and the detective constanly used tourches in many cases, the tourches created an eerie atmosphere when the detectives were in a dark room and Mills tourch kept flashing off this created more suspense because we werent sure what was going to happen next. the tourhces also highlighted the parts of the area the audience were made to focus on, this effect links to Pascal Bonitzer effectivly with his suggestion of partial vision to only let the audience see little parts of detail at a time.CHM-V was used to signify both Somerset and Mills where as Mills would wear a leather jacket and a ready made tie to make him seem more rougher, Somerset would wear braces and a wool long jacket and look very smart.
Sound:
there is a lot of natural sound used in the film seven such as the traffic, sirons, screaming/shouting and the everyday noises of dogs barking and the rain bouncing off objects in a film the director would usually use synchronous by recording the noise as a separate scene and then match it up when editing the film, this then prevents the sounds from changing or been louder/quieter.Aslo there is a lot of music used in seven whether its made to create tension by using very up tempo fast paced music, or slow classical music to show the setting is safe and calm for example when Somerset is in the library they use classical music to show the calmness this is called diegetic music, non diegetic music is used when Mills is in his office, as the same music is played but Mills cannot hear it.
Editing:
just like in every film editing is used as a main part in films to cut from scene to scene. in seven cutting is used in many different ways, one way was montage cutting by putting small clips together, this method is usually used to build up tension by flicking between 2 or more small scenes to only show little snips of whats going on. it can also help to set the story, for example by showing small parts the audience then peice them together to figure out them selves what is going on.
Codes and Conventions:
there are many codes and conventions used in seven by many of the different authors. Chesterton explained how the setting is modern and urban as in the film seven the setting was always raining and dull but also modern, following that was Matthews who mentioned a thriller as been a puzzling journey, just like seven the audience are always in suspense wanting to know what will happen and trying to work it out as if they were a 3rd detective.Frye was the one to say that the hero is usually an ordinary person in seven this convention is met as the hero (Mills) was just an ordinary detective.Bonitzer's codes and conventions were very easy to compare to seven he suggested the 'partial vision' this is used many times in the movie seven for example, when showing the 'lust' scene we could only see the prostitiute laying on the bed but she was out of focus, and also when Mills recieved the box at the end the audience were not shown what was in the box.Cawelti was the one to introduce the exotic, using old books/pictures and the seven deadly sins, these were obviously used in seven as a main part of setting the scene.Lars suggested deliberatly hiding things from the audience again this could be used in the ladt scene as the audience only found out what was in the box by the clues from Somerset and Doe shouting to Mills, Cawelti also uses pratraction when Mills shoots Doe as we could see this coming even though we didnt want it to.Carrol designed the question and answers models such as 'will the hero survive?' he mentions the morals for example Mills morals are quite low as he pays a woman to lie for him to keep him out of trouble. Again the Q&A model is met in nearly every film including seven as the audience will always question the film.


The Bourne Identity:
Narrative structure
the beginning is in a linear order to lead you through the film.
Codes and conventions:
so far the film creates questions about how matt damon got the bullets in his back and why he was in the water to start off with.
Camera work:
the camera work used an establishing shot to show where the opening is set, it also used a various range of ways to catch the cameras pov when the ship was swaying and also used close ups on matt damon when he was on the desk and the man was taking the bullets out of his back.
Mise-en-scene:
there was a lot of ship equipment such as anchors, and sails. the lighting was natural but very dark as it was at night. the clothes the men on board wore showed they were fisher men.
Sound:
non diegetic sound of violins or some sort of string instrument playing in the background.
the sounds of the visious waves and men playing cards in the deck were the only other sounds.
Editing:
most cuts were from inside the shit to the sea creating an effect making the audience feel as though something was going to happen. the only other cuts were when mantt damon was taken inside where it cut from his body to the man getting the bullets out.
Graphics:
only one title was shown in the first few minutes of the film which were the title of the film, this title was a light blue text with a black background and nothing going on behnd it, this then emphasises the text making you read it.

Final Destination:
Narrative structure:
linear shots making the audience wonder how these relate to the film and in what way.
Codes and conventions:
using Lars ole.s. concealment is used to hide what is going on so that the audience watch more to see what the opening is about t5his also links in with Bonitzer as he mentions partial vision in a thriller.
Camerawork:
the only camera work used were short cuts through a bedroom of different objects in the room.
Mise-en-scene:
the props that were in the room were not clear as to why they were there the lighting was natural shining through a bedroom window.
Sound:
there was not much sound in the opening but there was an eerie music creating tension.
Editing:
the cuts were all in one room cutting from objects to other object for example a window then to a fan these relate to the film but it makes you wonder how.
Graphics:
the graphics were white with a shadow behind them that trailed when the titles faded, this made you look at the titles but not as much so you ignore what is going on in the background.

Jaws
Narrative structure:
the opening of jaws is set in linear order to lead the viewer throuhg the fiml and intrigue them to watch more.
Codes and conventions:
like a typical thriller jaws starts with action and a death, this fits in with lars' theory or protraction as we know she is going to be attacked but we dont know when, this builds suspense.
Camera work:
establishing shots are used at first to show how they are out on a beach in the dark. The camera uses various shots such as pov of the shark and also acts like a third person in the water with the girl as she gets attacked making it seem more realistic and in your face.
when the girl is then taken by the shark there is a re-establishing shot to show the silence and back to the clam water as if nothing happened.
Mise-en-scene:
the lighting used was natural but very dark, it was set in an isolated area which then gives the impression of been unsafe.
the buoy that the girl tries to grab hold of was effective as it made us feel as though she had hope of surviving.
Sound:
the sound used was mainly the jaws , followed by the splashing in the water.
with the jaws tune the tempo increases to creat effect.
sound motif is used by reacurring music of the jaws tune to signify the danger.
Editing: the cuts goi from the girl going into the water to the boy passing out on the beach.
the camera kept cutting from under the water to above the water giving us the impression somehting is about to happen. also giving the kuleshov effect.

American Psycho
Narrative structure:
the way the man describes his morning routine and how careful he is is in linear order.
Codes and conventions:
unlike typical thrillers american psycho doesnt start with a murder but with naturalistic scenes but we are not sure whether he is the killer or a hero.
it also creates a questions to be asked and uses partial bonitzer
Camera work:
the camera pans around the mans house slowly making us feel something is round the corner.
the only close up os of his face in the shower and when he peels of a face mask.
the long shots are used when he is in the shower, in a way it shows his pride in himself.
Mise-en-scene:
the main props used in the film are his moisturizers and face/body washes, this forshadows his personality and how clean he is.
the picture frames on the walls stand out from the pale room and the use of mirrors and reflections give a sort of errie effect.
Sound:
the piano music is non diegetic as the pan around his room and it plays all the way through the opening. also he uses a voice over to describe what he does every morning this then makes the audience feel although he is a bit of a strange man. the other music is in the club which s very loud to contrast against the piano music played in his house shots.
Editing:
the cuts between each room and his excersising scenes desribe his morning routine by simple short clips. there are no transsitons between the night club to the apartment scenes.
Graphics:
the graphics used are effective as the white background contrasts against the black writing.
it also uses different typography later on in the scene, the two types of writing used are serif and sans serif give the impression of a split personallity.

Silence of the lambs
Narrative structure:
in the opening scene we can see that the film is linear as she is doing an assult course.
Codes and conventions:
the codes and conventions used are the use of partial vision by bonitzer as we can only see parts of what she doing. and also she is just an ordinary person in the FBI.
Camera work:
the camera work is very useful to the audience as when we see her running the cameraz tracks her so we know what she is doing.
there is also an establishing shot at the beginning to orientate the audience and shows how she gets from the woods to the FBI building.
Mise-en-scene:
in the opening off this film we see trees uses natural day light but it is also misty, we can also see the obsticals in the woods and the uniform on the girkl is very masculine and she is sweating alot, this shows her detirminations and the hard work she is doing.
when she then gets into the lift the contrast is between the tall men all wearing the same tihng and the girl smaller than the rest in a different uniform.
Sound:
the diegetic sound used with dry leaves crunching and the gun shots make us feel unsafe untill we get into the FBI building. the sound bridge used is very smooth and cuts with the sound to give it a more natural effect.
Editing:
in this film the cuts go from the girls feet to her face when she is running, this is an effective cut as we can see the power she is using in both her legs and the body.
it also uses to cameras pov in the woods with tracking but unlike the other thriller it uses less cuts but longer shots.
the use of eyeline match makes the audience pay attention as it follws the girls eyes around the office she is in to the corkboard with bits of news on.
Graphics:
the graphics are black with a white lining and has a very faint red line around the edge these type of titles make you look and take your focus away from what is going on in the back ground as they are in the middle of the screen.

section 3 brainstorm of content and classification of film

Mindmap

Final idea : A "corrupt" post man who looks through peoples letters before he posts them. He then finds a very threatening, disturbing letter amd gets involved in a twisted murderer scheme.
Title : MAIL MAN - Certificate 12/15

The reason we decided to go with a 12 or 15 certificate is that instead of going for a full out violent 18 movie we wanted to try and make the plot interesting and make people think. The storyline was the main focus of our thriller. We didn't necessarily want to make it a thriller by including lots of brutal murders. We went about this by making the lot interesting and try to give it a few twists here and there.

section 1 the thriller genre

'The Thrillers' book was wrote by Martin Ruben, it shows a range of critics and and authors to examine basic ingredients of a thriller starting with G.K Chesterton.

G.K Chesterton:
he felt he had to defend the genre when a film began, and was determined it was a modern genre and most likely got this idea from the urban landscapes in thriller films. his aim was to find the 'poetry of modern life' to give him excitement in everyday environments and transform the ordinary life into the extraordinary.

Northrop Frye:
he builds up on Chesterton's critique. he also believes that in each thriller the hero is usually an ordinary person and it relates to a romance, this is because in a romance the hero is in a world in which the laws of nature are suspended. he gives the impression the enchanted forest turns into a modern city.

John Caweliti:
He combines both Chesterton and Frye's ideas and does not really add onto it. the only thing he says it that a thriller transforms critic from modern centre commerce industry and science into a place of enchantment and mystery and repeats Chesterton's theory of introducing 'the exotic' into everyday life to make it seem as though it is not just a typical thriller.

W.H Matthews:
His work relates to mazes and labyrinths in fiction, he adds in that it is the image of 'Theseus' going through mazes, twists and turns, puzzles and dead ends. he designs a thriller complex so the audience doesn't solve the problem too easily but designed so they can deduce it so it is not aimless and it makes them feel as though they are part of 'A puzzling journey.'

Pascal Bonitzer:
He follows on from Matthews and says that he is describing partial vision advocates magazines, he believes the audience should only see so much of what is going, for example using lighting to show a small section of what is on set.

Lars Ole Saurberg:
talks about the 2 ways suspense can be added. such as deliberately hiding something from the audience or delaying or protracting on the expected outcome, when we think that one thing is going happen the story is dragged on to make the audience wait more to build more tension.

Noel Carroll:
talks about the question and answer model, and how it is important to create questions in the thriller which keeps the audience in suspense until the questions are answered. one main question the audience are asked is 'will the hero survive?' this keeps the audience intrigued in the film as they are eager to know the outcome of the film. he creates 'the probability factor' and explains how it is a battle against the odds.